title: Bansko Municipality
text: # Bansko Municipality
  
  Bansko Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Банско, romanized: Obshtina Bansko) is situated in southwestern Bulgaria and is one of the municipalities of Blagoevgrad Province.
  
  ## Settlements
  
  | Town/Village | Area (km²) | Population |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bansko (Банско) | 148.280 | 8,911 |
  | Dobrinishte (Добринище) | 80.356 | 2,843 |
  | Filipovo (Филипово) | 15.157 | 597 |
  | Gostun (Гостун) | 52.425 | 75 |
  | Kremen (Кремен) | 61.869 | 299 |
  | Mesta (Места) | 16.259 | 274 |
  | Obidim (Обидим) | 64.962 | 142 |
  | Osenovo (Осеново) | 52.832 | 114 |
  | Total | 492.14 | 13,255 |
  
  ## 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 Bansko Municipality
  
  Orthodox Christianity
  
  89.97%
  
  Islam
  
  4.47%
  
  Protestantism
  
  1.83%
  
  Catholicism
  
  0.18%
  
  No religion
  
  1.00%
  
  Prefer not to answer and indefinable
  
  2.55% :
  
  