Apriltsi

View of the Central Balkan Mountains from Apriltsi
Place in Lovech, Bulgaria
42°50′N 24°55′E / 42.833°N 24.917°E / 42.833; 24.917 Mayor=Tihomir Kukenski (GERB)CountryBulgariaProvinces
(Oblast)LovechElevation
550 m (1,800 ft)Population
 (15.03.2022[1])
 • Total2,613Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)Postal Code
5641
Area code06958

Apriltsi (Bulgarian: Априлци [ɐˈpriɫt͡si]) is a small town in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the vicinity of the highest part of Stara Planina mountain. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Apriltsi Municipality. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 3,318 inhabitants.[1]

Due to its favourable location in a valley at the foot of Botev Peak in the Balkan Mountains, Apriltsi is a newly developing tourist resort in the region. Besides Botev, notable peaks in the area are Triglav and Maragidik.

The town was founded by the merging of four large mountain villages: Novo Selo, Zla Reka, Vidima and Ostrets, which are today the town's neighbourhoods. Due to this, it has a rather rural appearance with some 19th-century Bulgarian houses preserved.

References

  1. ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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