Pirot District

The Pirot District (Serbian: Пиротски oкруг, romanized: Pirotski okrug, pronounced [pǐroːtskiː ôkruːɡ]) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. It lies in the southeastern part of the country. According to the 2022 census, it has a population of 76,700 inhabitants. The administrative center of the Pirot District is the city of Pirot.

Pirotski District Пиротски oкруг
Administrative district of Serbia
Images from the Pirot District
Location of district in Serbia
Coordinates: 43°10′N 22°36′E
Country	Serbia
Administrative center	Pirot
Government
• Commissioner	Dragana Tončić
Area
• Total	2,761 km2 (1,066 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census)
• Total	76,700
• Density	28/km2 (72/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	RS-22
Municipalities	4
Settlements	214
- Cities and towns	4
- Villages	210

History

The present-day administrative districts (including Pirot District) were established in 1992 by the decree of the Government of Serbia.

Cities and municipalities

The Pirot district encompasses one city and three municipalities:

• Pirot (city)
• Babušnica (municipality)
• Bela Palanka (municipality)
• Dimitrovgrad (municipality)

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1948	160,285	—
1953	157,360	−1.8%
1961	145,785	−7.4%
1971	136,008	−6.7%
1981	127,427	−6.3%
1991	116,926	−8.2%
2002	105,564	−9.7%
2011	92,479	−12.4%
2022	76,700	−17.1%
Source: [1]

Towns

There is just one town with over 10,000 inhabitants: Pirot, with 34,942 inhabitants.

Ethnic structure

Ethnicity	Population[2]	Percentage
Serbs	61,403	80%
Bulgarians	4,281	5.6%
Roma	4,219	5.5%
Others	760	1%
Undeclared/Unknown	6,037	7.9%

See also

• Administrative districts of Serbia
• Administrative divisions of Serbia