Petrich

Petrich municipality is situated in the southern part of Blagoevgrad county and in the southwestern part of Bulgaria on an area of 650 000 decares. It is bordered no the northeast by Sandanski municipality and on the north - by Srumyani municipality. To the west and to the south there are state borderlines borders - respectively with Macedonia and Greece. Petrich municipality is an active Balkan and European cross-road between two seas - it is 90 km far from Solon port at the White Sea, where Bulgaria has an independent sector for commercial exchange on the Mediterranean sea and 380 km. far from Valyora port in Albania on the Adriatic Sea.

The administrative center in the municipality is the town of Petrich.

The territory of the municipality encloses the southern parts of Pirin, the mountains Ograzhden and Belasitsa, Petrich field and the river valleys of Struma and Strumeshnitsa. The average above sea level of Petrich field is 150 m, as it varies from 90 to 200 meters. In the southern part toward Belasitsa slopes the above sea level increases, as on 500 m. above sea level the mountain low lands Podgorie is formed.

Petrich municipality is rich of mineral waters. The thermal mineral waters in combination with the healing mud deposit near the village of Marikostinovo is a prerequisite for the development of recreation business. Of the same importance are the thermal mineral springs in Rupite region. They spring out from the crater of an inactive from six million years ago volcano.

Cities and villages in Petrich municipality: Village of Baskaltsi, Village of Belasitsa, Village of Bogoroditsa, Village of Borovichene, Village of Chuchuligovo, Village of Churicheni, Village of Churilovo, Village of Dolene, Village of Dolna Krushitsa, Village of Dolna Ribnitsa, Village of Dolno Spanchevo, Village of Dragush, Village of Drangovo, Village of Drenovitsa, Village of Drenovo, Village of Gabrene, Village of Gega, Village of General Todorov, Village of Gorchevo, Village of Gyurgevo, Village of Ivanovo, Village of Kamena, Village of Kapatovo, Village of Kavrakirovo, Village of Kladentsi, Village of Klyuch, Village of Kolarovo, Village of Kromidovo, Village of Krundjilitsa, Village of Kukurahtsevo, Village of Kulata, Village of Kurnalovo, Village of Marikostinovo, Village of Marino pole, Village of Mendovo, Village of Mihnevo, Village of Mitino, Village of Novo Konomladi, Village of Parvomay, Town of Petrich, Village of Pravo bardo, Village of Ribnik, Village of Rujdak, Village of Rupite, Village of Samuilova krepost, Village of Samuilovo, Village of Skrut, Village of Starchevo, Village of Strumeshnitsa, Village of Tonsko dabe, Village of Topolnitsa, Village of Vishlene, Village of Volno, Village of Yakovo, Village of Yavornitsa, Village of Zanoga, Village of Zoychene