Kostenets
Sign in to saveKostenets ( ) is a town in Sofia Province in western Bulgaria, and the administrative centre of the Kostenets Municipality (which also contains a separate village of Kostenets). The town is situated in the Kostenets–Dolna Banya Valley at the foot of the mountain ranges of Rila and Sredna Gora, about southeast of capital Sofia.
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- Kostenets
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- Костенец
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- Town
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- St George Church - Kostenets - 2.jpg
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- St. George Church in Kostenets.
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- Bulgaria
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- 1
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- Location of Kostenets (town)
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- Country
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name
- Bulgaria
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type1
- Province (Oblast)
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name1
- Sofia
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name2
- Kostenets
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.leader_name
- Radostin Radev
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.elevation_m
- 494
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.population_total
- 9962
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Kostenets
- Country
- Ottoman Empire
- Located in
- Kostenets
- Population
- 5610
- Elevation
- 494
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Kostenets
- Image
- St George Church - Kostenets - 2.jpg
- Dialing code
- 07142
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- Kostenets
- postal code
- 2030
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Kostenets ( ) is a town in Sofia Province in western Bulgaria, and the administrative centre of the Kostenets Municipality (which also contains a separate village of Kostenets). The town is situated in the Kostenets–Dolna Banya Valley at the foot of the mountain ranges of Rila and Sredna Gora, about southeast of capital Sofia.
The average monthly and annual air temperature at daylight varies from -4.2C (January) to +16.1C (July). The abundance of mineral springs is one of the special characteristics of the region. The spa resort of Momin Prohod is a specialised centre for rehabilitation and recreation and attracts many visitors. The spa resorts Villas Kostenets, Pchelinski bani, and the village of Kostenets are near the town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kostenets” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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