Svilengrad Municipality

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Svilengrad Municipality

Община Свиленград
Municipality
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Svilengrad
Coordinates: 41°46′N26°12′E / 41.767°N 26.200°E / 41.767; 26.200 Coordinates: 41°46′N26°12′E / 41.767°N 26.200°E / 41.767; 26.200
Country Bulgaria
Province Haskovo
Municipality Svilengrad
Area
  Total700.31 km2 (270.39 sq mi)
Population
 (1-Feb-2011)
  Total24,480
  Density35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Website www.svilengrad.org
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Svilengrad municipality within Haskovo Province

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

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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 Svilengrad Municipality [1]
Orthodox Christianity
86.2%
Catholicism
0.4%
Protestantism
0.7%
Islam
1.0%
No religion
6.9%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
4.8%

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References

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