Elin Pelin Municipality
42°40′23″N 23°36′7″E / 42.67306°N 23.60194°E
Elin Pelin Municipality
Община Елин Пелин | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province | Sofia Province |
| Seat | Elin Pelin |
| Area | |
• Total | 452.1 km2 (174.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 22,841[1] |
| • Density | 50.52/km2 (130.9/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Elin Pelin Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Елин Пелин) is a municipality in Sofia Province, western Bulgaria. Covering a territory of 452.1 km2, it is the fifth largest of the 22 municipalities in the province and takes 6.38% of its total area.
Geography
[edit]The relief of the municipality is varied. To the north lies a short stretch of the Balkan Mountains topped by the summit of Murgash (1,687 m), which is the highest point of the administrative division. In its center are the eastern reaches of the Sofia Valley and further south rise the northern slopes of the Sredna Gora mountain range.[2]
The most important river is the Lesnovska reka, a right tributary of the Iskar of the Danube drainage. Its tributaries, the Eleshnitsa and the Makotsevska reka, drain the remained of the municipal territory. In the upper course of the Lesnovska reka is the Ognyanovo Reservoir.[2]
Transport
[edit]Elin Pelin Municipality has a strategic location in terms of connectivity and is traversed by major national and international routes. There are seven roads of the national network with a total length of 86.9 km, as well as local road, including an 8.1 km section of the Trakiya motorway (A1), a 16 km section of the Hemus motorway (A2), an 18.8 km stretch of the first class I-1 road Vidin–Sofia–Blagoevgrad–Kulata, an 11.8 km section of the first class I-6 road Gyueshevo–Sofia–Karlovo–Burgas, a 10.1 km stretch of the first class I-8 road Kalotina–Sofia–Plovdiv–Kapitan Andreevo, the whole 17.4 km length of the third class III-105 road, and the last 4.7 km of the third class III-6002 road.[3][4]
It is also traversed by a 15.6 km section of railway line No. 1 Kalotina–Sofia–Plovdiv–Kapitan Andreevo, a 5.7 km stretch of railway line No. 3 Sofia–Karlovo–Sliven–Karnobat–Varna, and the final 6.5 km of the railway between Vakarel and Garba.[4]
Demography
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1934 | 22,625 | — |
| 1946 | 22,610 | −0.1% |
| 1956 | 25,428 | +12.5% |
| 1965 | 26,954 | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 27,991 | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 26,945 | −3.7% |
| 1992 | 24,791 | −8.0% |
| 2001 | 24,072 | −2.9% |
| 2011 | 22,841 | −5.1% |
| 2021 | 23,104 | +1.2% |
| Source: National Statistics Institute[5] | ||
As of 2024 the population of Elin Pelin Municipality is 22,841, living in one town and 18 villages:[1]
Gallery
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Elin Pelin Town Hall -
A church in Elin Pelin (village) -
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Bogdanlia
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b "Tables of Persons Registered by Permanent Address and by Current Address". Official Site of the Civil Registration and Administrative Services (GRAO). Retrieved 12 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Environment". Official Site of Elin Pelin Municipality. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
- ^ "A Map of the Republican Road Network of Bulgaria". Official Site of the Road Infrastructure Agency. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Geographic Location". Official Site of Elin Pelin Municipality. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
- ^ "National Statistics Institute" (PDF). 3 April 2024.
References
[edit]- 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).
External links
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- "Official Site of Elin Pelin Municipality" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 12 December 2025.