Chelopech Municipality is a municipality in

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. The Chelopech Municipality includes only one village - Chelopech, which is located on the southern side of the

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, on the main road from the capital

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. It borders

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and Etropole Municipality.Chelopech
from Visit to Bulgaria web site

Demographics

According to December 2018, there are 1,526 people residing in Chelopech, most of whom ethnic

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(95%), followed by

Romani people {{Infobox ethnic group , group = Romani people , image = , image_caption = , flag = Roma flag.svg , flag_caption = Romani flag created in 1933 and accepted at the 1971 World Romani Congress , po ...

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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: An overwhelming majority of the population of Chelopech Municipality identify themselves as

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. At the 2011 census, 86.2% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the

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References

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