Infrastructure includes all built public goods and established institutions at the local level, whose functioning ensures the provision of services to citizens in the field of utility activities. As one of the basic conditions for the normal life of the population, but also as one of the essential conditions for the harmonized development of the local self-government unit, infrastructure is an important element of any strategic thinking and planning.
Transport infrastructure:
In the municipality of Pirot, the most important routes of the road network are:
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Niš – Dimitrovgrad (M-1-12) - I Class State Road – 36 km
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Pirot – Babušnica (M-9) - I Category state road – 11 km
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Knjaževac - Kalna - Pirot - Visočka Ržana - Donji Krivodol – Dimitrovgrad (R121)- II Category state road – 61 km
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Pirot - Sukovo – Jasenov Del (R-244a) - II Category State Road – 12 km
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Pirot - Ponor - Bela Palanka (R-262) - II Category State Road – 10 km
Energy and municipal infrastructure:
Public utility company "City heating plant" Pirot performs the tasks of supplying thermal energy in the territory of the City of Pirot. Electricity supply in the territory of the City of Pirot is carried out by the company Elektrodistribucija Pirot, which operates within the public company with headquarters in Nis. "Elektrodistribucija Pirot" covers the entire territory of the municipality with 16 substations with a voltage level of 35/10 kV installed power of 112.20 MVA with additional power derived from the substations 35/6 kV with a total power of 13.70 MVA. The total electricity consumption in Pirot is about 200 million kWh. The telecommunications sector is the fastest growing area in the world today. On the territory of the City of Pirot operates 3 operators of public fixed telephony: Telekom Srbija a.d., SBB d.o.o. and Orion telekom d.o.o.