Velingrad Municipality

Velingrad Municipality
Velingrad Municipality
	Interactive map of Velingrad Municipality
Country	Bulgaria
Province	Pazardzhik Province
Population
• Total	40,595

Velingrad Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Велинград) is the largest municipality in Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria. The municipality consists of its capital, Velingrad as well as two villages, with a total population of 40,595.^[1]

The municipality of Velingrad is mostly inhabited by ethnic Bulgarians, which are Orthodox and Muslim (Pomaks) by religion.

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	Population	Live births	Deaths	Natural growth	Birth rate (‰)	Death rate (‰)	Natural growth rate (‰)
2000	43,591	502	495	+7	11.5	11.4	+0.1
2001	42,665	454	423	+31	10.6	9.9	+0.7
2002	42,416	426	425	+1	10.0	10.0	+0.0
2003	42,306	440	478	-38	10.4	11.3	-0.9
2004	42,029	456	497	-41	10.8	11.8	-1.0
2005	41,906	455	481	-26	10.9	11.5	-0.6
2006	41,899	493	496	-3	11.8	11.9	-0.1
2007	41,753	487	483	+4	11.7	11.6	+0.1
2008	41,718	506	482	+24	12.1	11.6	+0,6
2009	41,613	514	510	+4	12.4	12.3	+0.1
2010	41,366	474	487	-13	11.5	11.8	-0.3
2011	40,595	462	478	-16	11.4	11.8	-0.4
2012	40,390	451	486	-35	11.2	12.0	-0.8
2013	40,148	415	484	-69	10.3	12.1	-1.7
2014	39,785	409	535	-126	10.3	13.4	-3.2
2015	34,511	354	496	-142	10.3	14.4	-4.1
2016	34,281	361	480	-119	10.5	14.0	-3.5
2017	34,045	357	489	-132	10.5	14.4	-3.9
2018	33,787	366	480	-114	10.8	14.2	-3.4


Orthodox Christianity			44.1%
Catholicism			0.3%
Protestantism			0.8%
Islam			43.8%
No religion			2.9%
Prefer not to answer, others and aindefinable			8.1%

Velingrad Municipality

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