Petrich Municipality

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

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

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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]

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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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