Petrich Municipality

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Petrich Municipality
Община Петрич
Location in Blagoevgrad province
Location on map of Bulgaria
CountryBulgaria
Province (Oblast)Blagoevgrad
Area
  Total
650.13 km2 (251.02 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Total
47,949[1]
  Density73.753/km2 (191.02/sq mi)

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

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

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