Pernik Municipality

Municipality in Pernik Province, Bulgaria

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Location of Pernik Municipality in Pernik Province

42°36′00″N 23°01′59″E / 42.60000°N 23.03306°E / 42.60000; 23.03306Country

BulgariaProvincePernik ProvinceCapitalPernikArea

• Total477.4 km² (184.3 sq mi)Elevation

717 m (2,352 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total97,181 • Density200/km² (530/sq mi)

Pernik Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Перник) is a municipality in the Pernik Province of Bulgaria.

Demography

Ethnic composition of Pernik Municipality

Bulgarians (91.4%)

Gypsies/Romani (1.83%)

No identification (6.36%)

Other (0.65%)

At the 2011 census, the population of Pernik was 97,181. Most of the inhabitants were Bulgarians (91.4%) with a minority of Gypsies/Romani (1.83%).^[1]^[2] 6.36% of the population's ethnicity was unknown.

Villages

In addition to the capital town of Pernik, the following villages are located in the municipality:

Batanovtsi (town)
Bogdanovdol
Bosnek
Cerna Gora
Ciuipetlovo
Divotino
Dragichevo
Golemo Bucino
Yardzhilovtsi

References

^ "Ethnic Composition of Bulgaria 2011". National Institute of Statistics of Bulgaria. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
^ "Ethnic Composition of Bulgaria 2011". National Institute of Statistics of Bulgaria. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2019.