Sozopol Municipality | |
Native Name: | Община Созопол |
Native Name Lang: | bg |
Settlement Type: | Municipality (Obshtina) |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bulgaria |
Subdivision Type1: | Province (Oblast) |
Subdivision Name1: | Burgas |
Seat: | Sozopol |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Area Total Km2: | 480.07 |
Population Total: | 14826 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Sozopol Municipality (bg|Община Созопол, Bulgarian: Obshtina Sozopol) is located in the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and borders Burgas Municipality and Primorsko Municipality. The coast stretches 51 km of which 17.1 km are excellent beaches. There are many small bays and peninsulas as well as several isles. The climate is favourable for growing different crops such as grapes, apples, peaches, cherries, strawberries and others. Sozopol is the biggest fishing port of the country with two major plants processing fish. Tourism is now the most important industry with more than 50,000 beds in the territory of the municipality. As of 2006 the population is .
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following: