Pazardzhik Municipality

42°11′21″N 24°19′57″E Pazardzhik Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Пазарджик) is the second largest municipality in Pazardzhik Province, after Velingrad. It occupies 640 km² or 14.3% of the province. Its territory encompasses the westernmost parts of the Upper Thracian Plain and is famous for its fertility.

Pazardzhik Municipality
Country	Bulgaria
Province	Pazardzhik Province
Area
• Total	640 km2 (250 sq mi)

Demography

The population of 134,295 lives in 32 settlements which include one town (Pazardzhik) and 31 villages.

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 Pazardzhik Municipality [1] Orthodox Christianity   83.3% Catholicism   0.4% Protestantism   1.7% Islam   4.2% No religion   3.8% Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable   6.6%