Rila Municipality

Rila Municipality (Bulgarian: Рила) is located in southeastern Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria. Its administrative centre is Rila. The municipality covers an area of 361 square kilometres (139 sq mi), of which 54.84% is forests; only 19.3% is arable.^{[citation needed]}. As of 2009^[update], the population was 3,606.^[1]

Rila Municipality Община Рила
Municipality
Country	Bulgaria
Province	Kyustendil Province
Seat	Rila
Area
• Total	360.96 km2 (139.37 sq mi)
Population
• Total	3,190
• Density	8.8/km2 (23/sq mi)

Locations in Rila Municipality include:

• Padala
• Pastra
• Rila (administrative centre)
• Rila Monastery
• Smochevo

Several peaks higher than 2,000 metres are part of the municipality, including Rilets (2,731 m), Yosifitsa (2,697 m), Kanarata (2,619 m), Zliya Zab (2,678 m), Kalin (2,667 m), Elenin Vrah (2,654 m) and Tsarev Vrah (2,378 m). The municipality also boasts 28 mountain lakes. The area is also rich in medieval Bulgarian Orthodox churches and monasteries.

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 Rila Municipality [2] Orthodox Christianity   91.6% Catholicism   0.9% Protestantism   0.7% Islam   0.4% No religion   1.6% Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable   4.8%