Pernik Municipality () is a municipality in the
Pernik Province of
Bulgaria
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.
Demography
At the 2011 census, the population of Pernik was 97,181. Most of the inhabitants were
Bulgarians
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(91.4%) with a minority of
Gypsies/Romani (1.83%). 6.36% of the population's ethnicity was unknown.
Villages
In addition to the capital town of
Pernik
Pernik ( ) is List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, a town in western Bulgaria (about south-west of Sofia) with a population of 70,285 . Pernik is the most populated town in western Bulgaria after Sofia. It is the main town of Pernik Province an ...
, the municipality consists of one more town and 22 villages.
References
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Municipalities in Pernik Province