The town of Bratzigovo has a population of 5 000 inhabitants. It is an administrative municipal centre of 6 settlements. The town lies at a distance of 21 km south of Pazardzhik. The town is located amphitheatrically at the northern foot of the Batak Part of Rhodope Mountains at an altitude of 420 m. The municipality is specialized in the fruit and vine growing.

The region has been populated from the Thracian tribes, later on by the Roman, Byzantine and Bulgarian people. Bratzigovo is the successor of the burned-down medieval settlement of Preven. In XVI c. the settlement is known under the name of Brachigovo and in XVIII c. and XIX c. it becomes a craftsman's and educational centre. The population of the town takes active part in the April Rebellion from 1878. About 80 architectural monuments from the Revival period have been preserved in the town. In the region of Bratzigovo there is a mineral spring with a temperature of 18-26^oC and a capacity of 120 litres per second. The mineral water is used for treatment of diseases of the nervous system, kidney, skin and other diseases.

The tourist sights of the town are: the museum of Vasil Petleshkov, the Revival period houses and the church "St. Yoan Predtecha" (1833).