Rodopi municipality is situated in the Plovdiv Province

Plovdiv Province

Plovdiv Province is a province in central southern Bulgaria. It comprises 18 municipalities on a territory of 5,972.9 km² with a total population, as of December 2009, of 701,684 inhabitants...

, southern Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

. the population is 33,111.

It occupies parts of the Upper Thracian Plain

Upper Thracian Plain

The Upper Thracian Plain constitutes the northern part of the historical region of Thrace. It is located in southern Bulgaria, between the Sredna Gora mountains to the north and west; the Rhodopes, Sakar and Strandzha to the south; and the Black Sea to the east. A fertile agricultural region, the...

 to the south of Plovdiv

Plovdiv

Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...

 and the northern-most slopes of the central Rhodopi mountains. Its territory is 524.8 square kilometres (202.6 sq mi).

The backbone of the economy is agriculture which employs around 80% of the population. Amongst the most important crops are grapes with annual production of 15,000 tonnes.

Villages in the Rodopi municipality

• Belashtitsa
• Boykovo
• Branipole
• Brestnik
• Brestovitsa
  Brestovitsa
  Brestovitsa may refer to two villages in Bulgaria:*Brestovitsa, Rousse Province and*Brestovitsa, Plovdiv Province...
  
  
• Churen
• Dedovo
• Hrabrino
  Hrabrino
  Hrabrino is a village in the Rodopi Municipality, Plovdiv Province in southern Bulgaria. The village has 701 inhabitants.- Geography :The village is situated in the Rhodope Mountains at 15 km to the south-west of Bulgaria's second largest city, Plovdiv. There are two large and expanding villa...
  
  
• Izvor
• Kadievo
• Krumovo
  Krumovo
  Krumovo is a village in the Plovdiv Province, southern Bulgaria. As of 2006 it has 3,378 inhabitants. The village is located at 2 km to the south of the Maritsa river and at 12 km to the south-east of Plovdiv. The Plovdiv International Airport is located in the vicinity of the village...
  
  
• Lilkovo
• Markovo
• Orizari
• Parvenets
  Parvenets (Plovdiv Province)
  Parvenets is a village in the Plovdiv Province, Southern Bulgaria. It is part of the Rodopi municipality. As 2008 the village has 3,463 inhabitants.- Geography :...
  
  
• Sitovo
• Skobelevo
• Tsalapitsa
• Ustina
• Yagodovo
• Zlatitrap