Belogradchik Municipality

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Belogradchik Municipality includes the following 18 places (towns are shown in bold):

File:Belogradchik fortress 2009.jpg

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

{{Table BG Municipality population

| municipality = Belogradchik

| 1975 = 12,255

| 1985 = 11,048

| 1992 = 9,896

| 2001 = 8,217

| 2005 = 7,553

| 2007 = 7,270

| 2009 = 7,045

| 2011 = 6,602

| ref 1 = {{in lang|bg}}[http://statlib.nsi.bg:8181/isisbgstat/ssp/lister.asp?content=/Fullt/extpages/DN_21_2_1985_1988/DN_21_2_1985_1988_P*.pdf&from=1&to=464&index=&cont=/Fullt/extpages/DN_21_2_1985_1988/DN_21_2_1985_1988_content.pdf&type=%F1%F2%F0%E0%ED%E8%F6%E8 National Statistical Institute - Municipalities population 1985]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{in lang|bg}}[http://statlib.nsi.bg:8181/isisbgstat/ssp/lister.asp?content=/Fullt/extpages/DN_21_2_1992_1994/DN_21_2_1992_1994_P*.pdf&from=1&to=282&index=&cont=/Fullt/extpages/DN_21_2_1992_1994/DN_21_2_1992_1994_content.pdf&type=%F1%F2%F0%E0%ED%E8%F6%E8 National Statistical Institute - Municipalities population 1992]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| ref 2 = {{in lang|en}}[http://www.nsi.bg/Census_e/Census_e.htm National Statistical Institute - Census 2001]

| ref 3 = [http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-division.htm „pop-stat.mashke.org“]

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According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:

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{{bar percent|Orthodox Christianity|blue|71.7}}

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{{bar percent|Protestantism|yellow|0.6}}

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{{bar percent|No religion|red|19.2}}

{{bar percent|Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable|gray|8.1}}

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An overwhelming majority of the population of Belogradchik Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 71.7% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.

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• [http://www.belogradchik-bg.net/ Website] {{in lang|en}}

{{Geographic Location

|Centre = Belogradchik Municipality

|North = Makresh Municipality, Vidin Province

|Northeast = Dimovo Municipality, Vidin Province

|East = Dimovo Municipality, Vidin Province

|Southeast = Chuprene Municipality, Vidin Province

|South = Chuprene Municipality, Vidin Province

|Southwest = {{flag|Serbia}}

|West = {{flag|Serbia}}

|Northwest = Makresh Municipality, Vidin Province

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