Pernik Province

Pernik Province is a province in wastren Bulgarie, neighbourin Serbie. Its main ceety is Pernik, an ither municipalities are Breznik, Kovachevtsi, Radomir, Tran, an Zemen.

Pernik Province Област Перник
Province
Location o Pernik Province in Bulgarie
Kintra	Bulgarie
Caipital	Pernik
Municipalities	6
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Ivo Petrov
Area
• Total	2390.5 km2 (923.0 sq mi)
Population
• Total	133,750
• Density	56/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
License plate	PK

Demographics

Pernik province haed a population o 133,750 accordin tae the 2011 census, o which 7001489000000000000♠48.9% wur male an 7001511000000000000♠51.1% wur female.^[1][2][3][4]

The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:

Pernik Province
Year	1946	1956	1965	1975	1985	1992	2001	2005	2007	2009	2011
Population	172,389	180,228	180,883	174,624	174,044	163,307	149,832	140,981	138,773	136,249	133,750
Soorces: Naitional Stateestical Institute,[1] „Census 2001“,[2] „Census 2011“,[3] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,??

Releegion

Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:^[5]

Census 2001
releegious adherence	population	%
Orthodox Christians	146 141	7001975000000000000♠97.5%
Muslims	178	6999100000000000000♠0.1%
Roman Catholics	92	6999100000000000000♠0.1%
Protestants	356	6999200000000000000♠0.2%
Ither	496	6999300000000000000♠0.3%
Releegion no mentioned	2 569	7000170000000000000♠1.7%
total	149 832	100%

Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups in the province accordin tae 2001 census:^[6] 145 642 Bulgaries (7001972000000000000♠97.2%),
3 035 Roma (Gypsy) (7000200000000000000♠2%) an 1155 ithers an unspecifeed (6999800000000000000♠0.8%).

Economy

Industry is o vital importance for the economy o the province. Pernik is the major manufacturin centre, ane o the lairgest in the kintra wi the "Stomana" steel complex; hivy machinery (minin an industrial equipment); biggin materials an textiles being the maist important. There is an enormous plant for hivy machinery in Radomir which produces excavators an industrial equipment, but is currently no wirkin at full capacity.

See an aw

• Provinces o Bulgarie
• Leet of veelages in Pernik Province

References

1. (in Bulgarie) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - 2011 census Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
2. (in Inglis) „WorldCityPopulation“
3. „pop-stat.mashke.org“
4. (in Bulgarie) Population by 01.02.2011 by Area and Sex Archived 2011-04-08 at the Wayback Machine frae Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Preliminary results of Census 2011
5. (in Bulgarie) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001
6. (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group frae Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001

Freemit airtins

• Ceety hamepage (in Bulgarie)
• Pernik ceety information portal Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Bulgarie)
• Information steid for Pernik Archived 2009-05-31 at the Wayback Machine (in Bulgarie)

Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Pernik Province.