Petrich
Petrich Municipality is a municipality in Blagoevgrad Province in Southwestern Bulgaria. It had a population of 47,949 at the 2021 Census.- Type: municipality of Bulgaria with 49,500 residents
- Description: municipality in Blagoevgrad oblast, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Gradska Obshtina Petrich”, “municipi de Pètritx”, “Obştina Petrich”, “Obștina Petrich”, “Obştina Petrici”, “Petrich belediyesi”, “Petrich municipality”, “Petrich Municipality”, “Petrich Opshtina”, “Petritch”, “громада Петрич”, “община Петрич”, “Общинска администрация - Петрич”, “Петрич (община)”, and “Петрыч, абшчына”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kavrakirovo and Mihnevo.
Kavrakirovo
Village
Kavrakirovo is a village in Petrich Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.
Churicheni
Village
Churicheni is a village in Petrich Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. Churicheni is situated 3½ km west of Petrich.
Petrich
- Location: Pirin Macedonia, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.45° or 41° 27′ north
Longitude
23.1667° or 23° 10′ east
Population
49,500
Elevation
240 metres (787 feet)
Open location code
8GH5C5X8+XM
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Petrich” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلدية بيتريتش”
- Armenian: “Պետրիչի համայնք”
- Belarusian: “Петрыч”
- Bulgarian: “Община Петрич”
- Bulgarian: “Петрич”
- Catalan: “Municipi de Pètritx”
- Catalan: “Pètritx”
- Cebuano: “Obshtina Petrich”
- Chechen: “Петрич (йукъаралла)”
- Chechen: “Петрич”
- Chinese: “彼得里奇市镇”
- Czech: “Obština Petrič”
- Dutch: “Petritsj”
- French: “Pétritch”
- Georgian: “პეტრიჩის თემი”
- German: “Gemeinde Petritsch”
- German: “Petrich”
- Greek: “Δήμος Πετριτσίου”
- Italian: “Petrich”
- Macedonian: “Општина Петрич”
- Macedonian: “Петрич”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Petrich Koān”
- Northern Frisian: “Petritsch (Gemeend)”
- Northern Frisian: “Petritsch”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Petritsj”
- Persian: “شهرستان پتریچ”
- Polish: “Gmina Petricz”
- Polish: “Petricz”
- Romanian: “Comuna Petrici, Blagoevgrad”
- Romanian: “Comuna Petrici”
- Russian: “Петрич”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Pétrich”
- Spanish: “Petrich”
- Swedish: “Obsjtina Petritj”
- Swedish: “Petritj”
- Turkish: “Petriç”
- Ukrainian: “Петрич”
- Vietnamese: “Petrich (đô thị)”
- Vietnamese: “Petrich”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Petrich”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Gurgevo and Karnalovo.
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Highlights: Elin Tsarkva and Kendova Cheshma.
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