Stolichna Municipality
Municipality in Sofia City, Bulgaria
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The Stolichna Municipality (Bulgarian: Столична община, romanized: Stolichna obshtina (also transcribed as Stolična obština), lit. 'Capital Municipality') is an obshtina (municipality) in Sofia City Province, Western Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre, the city of Sofia, which is also the capital of Sofia City Province and Sofia Province and the capital of Bulgaria as well.
Stolichna Municipality
Столична община | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
Stolichna Municipality within Bulgaria and Sofia-City Province | |
| Coordinates: 42°41′N 23°19′E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Sofia City |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Sofia |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,348.9 km2 (520.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2025)[1] | |
• Total | 1,295,931 |
| • Density | 960.73/km2 (2,488.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality is located mainly in the Sofia Valley, and also in the feet and lower parts of the mountains of Stara planina and Vitosha, Plana, Lozen, Rila. As of 2025, the National Statistical Institute projected that it was home to 1,232,905 inhabitants, of which 1,205,548 live in Sofia.[2]
Settlements
Sofia Capital Municipality includes the following 38 places (cities are shown in bold):
Balsha, Bankya, Bistritsa, Buhovo, Busmantsi, Chepintsi, Dobroslavtsi, Dolni Bogrov, Dolni Pasarel, German, Gorni Bogrov, Ivanyane, Zheleznitsa, Zhelyava, Zhiten, Kazichene, Klisura, Kokalyane, Krivina, Kubratovo, Katina, Lokorsko, Lozen, Malo Buchino, Marchaevo, Mirovyane, Mramor, Negovan, Novi Iskar, Pancharevo, Plana, Podgumer, Sofia, Svetovrachene, Vladaya, Voluyak, Voynegovtsi and Yana
Demography
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
