Kostenets Municipality

The Kostenets municipality (Bulgarian: Община Костенец) is one of the 22 municipalities of the Sofia Province, Bulgaria. The extent of the territory is 302 km2 and it had 14,154 inhabitants as of 2009. It encompasses the Valley of Gorna Banya, along the upper flow of the Maritsa river, surrounded by Rila to the south and Sredna Gora to the north. The region has many warm mineral springs in the spa resorts of Momin Prohod, Momina Banya, Kostenets and Pchelinski Bani. The municipality has an important transport location with the Trakiya motorway, the first class road Sofia-Plovdiv and the Sofia-Plovdiv railway passing through it.

For other uses, see Kostenets (disambiguation).
Kostenets Municipality
Община Костенец
Municipality
Location of Kostenets Municipality
Kostenets Municipality is located in Bulgaria
Kostenets Municipality
Kostenets Municipality
Location of Kostenets (town)
Coordinates: 42°19′N 23°50′E
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Sofia
Area
 • Total302 km2 (117 sq mi)
Population
 (2009-03-15)[1]
 • Total14,154
 • Density47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Settlements

The municipality has nine settlements (2 towns and 7 villages) with a total population of 14,154 people (as of 2009-03-15)[1]

The place names in bold have the status of town (in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as grad). Other localities have the status of village (in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as selo). The names of localities are transliterated in Latin alphabet,[2][3] followed in parentheses by the original name in Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet (which links to the corresponding Bulgarian Wikipedia article).

Town/Village Cyrillic Pop.
Dolna Vasilitsa Долна Василица n/a
Golak Голак 2
Gorna Vasilitsa Горна Василица 257
Kostenets (town) Костенец (град) 7,762
Kostenets (village) Костенец (село) 4,025
Momin Prohod Момин проход 1,788
Ochusha Очуша 31
Pchelin Пчелин 274
Podgorie Подгорие 15
TOTAL 14,154

Demography

Religion

According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:

Religious composition of Kostenets Municipality [4]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 90.7%
Catholicism
 
 0.1%
Protestantism
 
 2.5%
Islam
 
 0.1%
No religion
 
 2.4%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 4.2%

References
  1. (in Bulgarian) Population Chart as of 15 March 2009 from Directorate General: Civil Registration and Administrative Services
  2. Geonames Search Archived 2010-03-07 at the Wayback Machine at National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) - reference for location names
  3. Kostenets Municipality at Guide-Bulgaria.com - reference for location names
  4. "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.


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