Bosilovo Municipality


Bosilovo is a municipality in southeastern part of Republic of North Macedonia. Bosilovo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Bosilovo Municipality is part of Southeastern Statistical Region.

Geography

The municipality borders Vasilevo Municipality to the northwest, Berovo Municipality to the northeast, Novo Selo Municipality to the southeast, and Strumica Municipality to the southwest.

Demographics

According to the last national census from 2002 this municipality has 14,260 inhabitants.
Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
Bosilovo Municipality, like neighboring Vasilovo, is notable for its higher concentration of Catholics than is typical for Macedonia which is overall mostly Orthodox and Muslim. In 2002, it was found that there were 959 Catholics, or 7.7% of the municipality's total population. Most of these Catholics are found in the towns of Radovo and Petralinci.

Inhabited places

In the municipality there are 16 villages: Borievo, Bosilovo, Gečerlija, Drvoš, Ednokukjevo, Ilovica, Monospitovo, Petralinci, Radovo, Robovo, Saraj, Sekirnik, Staro Baldovci, Turnovo, Hamzali and Štuka.