Svilengrad Municipality

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

Svilengrad Municipality
Община Свиленград
Municipality
Svilengrad
Coordinates: 41°46′N 26°12′E
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

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%

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