42°35′N 23°0′E / 42.583°N 23.000°E / 42.583; 23.000

Pernik Province
Област Перник
Province
Tran Gorge near the border with Serbia
Tran Gorge near the border with Serbia
Flag of Pernik Province
Flag
Location of Pernik Province in Bulgaria
Location of Pernik Province in Bulgaria
CountryBulgaria
CapitalPernik
Municipalities6
Government
 • GovernorIrena Sokolova
Area
 • Total2,390.5 km2 (923.0 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2022)
 • Total111,746
 • Density47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
License platePK

Pernik Province is a province in western Bulgaria, neighbouring Serbia. Its main city is Pernik, and other municipalities are Breznik, Kovachevtsi, Radomir, Tran, and Zemen.

Topographic map of Pernik Province

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1946172,389—    
1956180,228+4.5%
1965180,883+0.4%
1975174,624−3.5%
1985174,044−0.3%
1992163,307−6.2%
2001149,832−8.3%
2011133,530−10.9%
2021114,162−14.5%
Source: pop-stat.mashke.org[1]

Pernik province had a population of 133,750 according to the 2011 census, of which 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female.[2][3][4][5]

Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups in Pernik Province (2011 census)
Ethnic group Percentage
Bulgarians
 
 96.4%
Romani
 
 2.8%
others and indefinable
 
 0.7%

Total population (2011 census): 133 530[6]

Ethnic groups (2011 census):[7] Identified themselves: 125 422 persons:

Ethnic groups in the province according to 2001 census:[8]

Religion

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:[9]

Census 2001
religious adherence population %
Orthodox Christians 146 141 97.5%
Protestants 356 0.2%
Muslims 178 0.1%
Roman Catholics 92 0.1%
Other 496 0.3%
Religion not mentioned 2 569 1.7%
total 149 832 100%

Economy

Industry is of vital importance for the economy of the province. Pernik is the major manufacturing centre, one of the largest in the country with the "Stomana" steel complex; heavy machinery (mining and industrial equipment); building materials and textiles being the most important. There is an enormous plant for heavy machinery in Radomir which produces excavators and industrial equipment, but is currently not working at full capacity.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Divisions of Bulgaria" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2024-04-03.
  2. ^ (in Bulgarian) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - 2011 census Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ (in English) „WorldCityPopulation“
  4. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  5. ^ (in Bulgarian) Population by 01.02.2011 by Area and Sex Archived 2011-04-08 at the Wayback Machine from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Preliminary results of Census 2011
  6. ^ (in Bulgarian) Population on 01.02.2011 by provinces, municipalities, settlements and age; National Statistical Institute
  7. ^ Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (in Bulgarian)
  8. ^ (in Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001 Archived 2017-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ (in Bulgarian) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001 Archived 2010-09-07 at the Wayback Machine

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