title: Sozopol Municipality
text: # Sozopol Municipality
  
  Sozopol Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Созопол, 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 13,401.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  ### 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:
  
  Religious composition of Sozopol Municipality
  
  Orthodox Christianity
  
  85.9%
  
  Catholicism
  
  0.3%
  
  Protestantism
  
  1.8%
  
  Islam
  
  2.9%
  
  No religion
  
  4.6%
  
  Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
  
  4.5% :
  
  