Petrich Municipality

Petrich Municipality is a municipality in Blagoevgrad Province in Southwestern Bulgaria. It had a population of 47,949 at the 2021 Census.[2]

Petrich Municipality
Община Петрич
Municipality
Location in Blagoevgrad province
Location on map of Bulgaria
CountryBulgaria
Province (Oblast)Blagoevgrad
Area
 • Total650.13 km2 (251.02 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total47,949[1]

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 Petrich Municipality [3]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 93.90%
Catholicism
 
 0.26%
Protestantism
 
 0.40%
Islam
 
 0.67%
No religion
 
 2.36%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 2.41%

List of villages

The following lists the 55 villages in the municipality:[4]

References
  1. "Population by districts, municipalities, place of residence and sex | National statistical institute".
  2. "Population by districts, municipalities, place of residence and sex | National statistical institute".
  3. "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
  4. "Таблица на адресно регистрираните по постоянен и по настоящ адрес лица". Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  5. "Справка за с. Самуилова крепост". Retrieved 3 February 2023.

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