42°42′0″N 24°10′59″E / 42.70000°N 24.18306°E
Pirdop Municipality
Община Пирдоп | |
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 Coat of arms | |
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| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province | Sofia Province |
| Seat | Pirdop |
| Area | |
• Total | 152.4 km2 (58.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 6,887[1] |
| • Density | 45.19/km2 (117.0/sq mi) |
| Website | pirdop |
Pirdop Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Пирдоп) is a municipality in Sofia Province, central western Bulgaria. Covering a territory of 152.4 km2, it is the 16th largest of the 22 municipalities in the province and takes 2.15% of its total area.
Geography
[edit]The relief of the municipality is varied. To the north lies the main ridge of the Balkan Mountains. In the central part is the eastern half of the Zlatitsa–Pirdop Valley, part of the chain of the eleven Sub-Balkan valleys. To the south are the northern slopes of the Sredna Gora mountain range. The highest point is of the municipality is an unnamed summit in the Balkan Mountains, reaching 2,029 m.[2]
The main water artery is the river Topolnitsa, a left tributary of the Maritsa of the Aegean Sea basin. Along its course are the Zhekov Vir and Dushantsi Reservoirs, as well as the tailings dam of the Asarel Medet copper mine in the neighbouring Panagyurishte Municipality.
Transport
[edit]Pirdop Municipality is traversed by a 7 km stretch of the first class I-6 road Gyueshevo–Sofia–Karlovo–Burgas of the national road network. There are several local roads. A 6.4 km section of railway line No. 3 Sofia–Karlovo–Sliven–Karnobat–Varna runs through the municipality.[2][3]
Demography
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 4,579 | — |
| 1946 | 4,936 | +7.8% |
| 1956 | 6,776 | +37.3% |
| 1965 | 9,559 | +41.1% |
| 1975 | 10,801 | +13.0% |
| 1985 | 11,020 | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 9,579 | −13.1% |
| 2001 | 9,352 | −2.4% |
| 2011 | 8,293 | −11.3% |
| 2021 | 7,281 | −12.2% |
| Source: National Statistics Institute[4] | ||
There are two settlements, the town of Pirdop and the village of Dushantsi. As of 2024 the population is 6,887.[1]
Gallery
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Pirdop and the Balkan Mountains -
The chitalishte at Dushantsi -
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The ruins of the medieval Elenska Basilica
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Citations
[edit]- ^ a b "Tables of Persons Registered by Permanent Address and by Current Address". Official Site of the Civil Registration and Administrative Services (GRAO). Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ^ a b Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria 1980, pp. 462–463
- ^ "A Map of the Republican Road Network of Bulgaria". Official Site of the Road Infrastructure Agency. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ^ "National Statistics Institute" (PDF). 3 April 2024.
References
[edit]- Мичев (Michev), Николай (Nikolay); Михайлов (Mihaylov), Цветко (Tsvetko); Вапцаров (Vaptsarov), Иван (Ivan); Кираджиев (Kiradzhiev), Светлин (Svetlin) (1980). Географски речник на България [Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria] (in Bulgarian). София (Sofia): Наука и култура (Nauka i kultura).
External links
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- "Official Site of Pirdop Municipality" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 10 December 2025.