Pchelin, Sofia Province

Coordinates: 42°20′48.67″N 23°48′23.18″E / 42.3468528°N 23.8064389°E / 42.3468528; 23.8064389
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Pchelin
Пчелин
Village
UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
2048
Area code(s)07147 from Bulgaria, 003597147 from outside

Pchelin (Bulgarian: Пчелин) is a village in the Sofia Province southwestern Bulgaria, located in the Kostenets Municipality. As of the 2022 the village had a population of 263.[1] It is a spa resort.

Geography

Pchelin is located in the

Kostenets and 30 km of the ski resort of Borovets.[3] The village has a territory of 15.546 km2.[3]

It lies just south of the Trakia motorway and east of the first class I-8 road Kalotina–Sofia–Plovdiv–Kapitan Andreevo.[4] There are favourable conditions for agriculture, the main crops include wheat, strawberries and blackcurrant.[2]

Pchelin mineral baths

The spa resort of Pchelin mineral baths is located some 2 km northeast of the village, nestled in a forested valley in the Septemvriyski ridge of Sredna Gora.[5] The mineral springs have a total discharge of 13 L/sec and temperature of 73 °С.[5] According to legends, the springs were used by the soldiers of the Bulgarian emperor Samuel (r. 997–1014), who in 986 dealt a crushing defeated to the Byzantines in the battle of the Gates of Trajan that took place in the vicinity of the village.[3]

Gallery

  • Pchelin mineral baths
    Pchelin mineral baths
  • A spa hotel in Pchelin
    A spa hotel in Pchelin
  • Old school
    Old school

Citations

  1. ^ a b "Tables of Persons Registered by Permanent Address and by Current Address". Official Site of the Civil Registration and Administrative Services (GRAO). Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria 1980, p. 393
  3. ^ a b c "Bulgaria Guide, Pchelin". Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  4. ^ "A Map of the Republican Road Network of Bulgaria". Official Site of the Road Infrastructure Agency. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  5. ^ a b Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria 1980, p. 394

References

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  • Мичев (Michev), Николай (Nikolay); Михайлов (Mihaylov), Цветко (Tsvetko); Вапцаров (Vaptsarov), Иван (Ivan); Кираджиев (Kiradzhiev), Светлин (Svetlin) (1980). Географски речник на България [Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria] (in Bulgarian). София (Sofia): Наука и култура (Nauka i kultura).
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