Kostenets Municipality

Kostenets Municipality Община Костенец
Municipality
Kostenets Municipality Location of Kostenets (town)
Coordinates: 42°19′N 23°50′E / 42.317°N 23.833°E / 42.317; 23.833Coordinates: 42°19′N 23°50′E / 42.317°N 23.833°E / 42.317; 23.833
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Sofia
Area
• Total	302 km2 (117 sq mi)
Population (2009-03-15)[1]
• Total	14,154
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

The Kostenets municipality (Bulgarian: Община Костенец) is one of the 22 municipalities of the Sofia Province, Bulgaria. Its territory is 302 km² and has 14,154 inhabitants as of 2009. It encompasses the Valley of Gorna Banya, along the upper flow of the Maritsa river, surrounded by Rila to the south and Sredna Gora to the north. The region has many warm mineral springs in the spa resorts of Momin Prohod, Momina Banya, Kostenets and Pchelinski Bani. The municipality has an important transport location with the Trakiya motorway, the first class road Sofia-Plovdiv and the Sofia-Plovdiv railway passing through it.

Settlements

The municipality has nine settlements (2 towns and 7 villages) with a total population of 14,154 people (as of 2009-03-15)^[1]

The place names in bold have the status of town (in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as grad). Other localities have the status of village (in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as selo). The names of localities are transliterated in Latin alphabet,^[2][3] followed in parentheses by the original name in Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet (which links to the corresponding Bulgarian Wikipedia article).

References

1. 1 2 (Bulgarian) Population Chart as of 15 March 2009 from Directorate General: Civil Registration and Administrative Services
2. ↑ Geonames Search at National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) - reference for location names
3. ↑ Kostenets Municipality at Guide-Bulgaria.com - reference for location names