Kyustendil Municipality

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Kyustendil Municipality

Община Кюстендил
Municipality
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Kyustendil
Coordinates: 42°17′N22°41′E / 42.283°N 22.683°E / 42.283; 22.683 Coordinates: 42°17′N22°41′E / 42.283°N 22.683°E / 42.283; 22.683
Country Bulgaria
Province Kyustendil
Municipality Kyustendil
Area
  Total979.91 km2 (378.35 sq mi)
Population
(1-Feb-2011)
  Total60,681
  Density62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code(s) 4
Website kustendil.bg
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Kyustendil municipality within Kyustendil Province

Kyustendil Municipality is a municipality in Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria. The administrative centre is Kyustendil.

Kyustendil Province Province in Bulgaria

Kyustendil Province is a province in southwestern Bulgaria, extending over an area of 3084.3 km², and with a population of 163,889. It borders on the provinces of Sofia, Pernik, and Blagoevgrad; to the west, its limits coincide with the state borders between Bulgaria and North Macedonia, and between Bulgaria and the Republic of Serbia. The administrative center of the Province is Kyustendil.

Bulgaria country in Southeast Europe

Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. The capital and largest city is Sofia; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. With a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), Bulgaria is Europe's 16th-largest country.

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 Kyustendil Municipality [1]
Orthodox Christianity
85.7%
Catholicism
0.2%
Protestantism
4.0%
Islam
0.1%
No religion
4.3%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
5.7%

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References

  1. "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.