Svilengrad Municipality

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

Svilengrad Municipality
Община Свиленград
Municipality
Svilengrad is located in Bulgaria
Svilengrad
Svilengrad
Coordinates: 41°46′N 26°12′E / 41.767°N 26.200°E / 41.767; 26.200
CountryBulgaria
ProvinceHaskovo
MunicipalitySvilengrad
Area
 • Total700.31 km2 (270.39 sq mi)
Population
 (1-Feb-2011)
 • Total24,480
 • Density35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitewww.svilengrad.org
Svilengrad municipality within Haskovo Province

Demography edit

Religion edit

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%

References edit

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