Municipality Asenovgrad
The
municipality Assenovgrad occupies the southeast part of the District of Plovdiv. It is situated along the two banks
of the Assenitsa (Chepelarska, Chaya) River. It covers a small part of the
Thracian Lowland to the north, and encompasses spacious areas of the Rhodope
Mountains to the south, as a result of which a substantial part of the terrain
is strongly indented and inclined. The municipality`s territory is 615 sq. km.
That constitutes 10.3% of the District
of Plovdiv`s territory and 0.55% of the country`s territory. It borders the
municipalities of Rodopi, Laki, Banite, Parvomay and Sadovo. The municipal centre -Assenovgrad - is the largest town n the Rhodopes and the second largest in the District of Plovdiv. It is situated at the foot of the mountain at an altitude above sea level about 220 m and is 19 km away from the town of Plovdiv, 85 km away from the town of Smolyan and about 180 km away from the capital Sofia.
Quick facts about Municipality Asenovgrad
In Bulgarian (Native transliteraion): Община АсеновградOther transliteration(s): Assenovgrad
Region: South-Central planing region of Bulgaria
District: Plovdiv district
Municipality: Asenovgrad municipality
Latitude: 42.0169983
Longtitude: 24.8670006
Altitude: 4
Area Size: 615km2
Population: 74180 people (2005)
Sights & Landmarks Municipality Asenovgrad (19) »
Asenovgrad: Asenova krepost fortress
Asenovgrad: Museum "St.George school"
Zlatovrah: Arapovski monastery "Sveta Nedelya"
Bachkovo: Bachkovo monastery
Asenovgrad: Medieval Fair in Asenovgrad
Asenovgrad: Paleontology museum
Asenovgrad: History museum
Asenovgrad: Gornovodenski monastery Sv.Sv.Kirik and Julita
Dobrostan: Topchika Cave
Photos Municipality Asenovgrad (169) »
News Municipality Asenovgrad (15) »
2013-01-21 Assenovgrad-based factory starts production of popular in the past Bulgarian gum "Ideal" (Other)
2010-02-23 Topchika cave near village of Dobrostan (Travel)
2009-08-28 Gypsy holiday near Bachkovo monastery - songs, dances and sell of brides (Other)
2009-07-03 Arapovski monastery St. Nedelya near village of Zlatovrah (Culture)
2009-06-04 The Asenova fortress in the foot of the The Rhodopes mountain (Culture)
2009-05-31 Drama in Asenovgrad with children of Bulgarian-Polish family (Society)
2009-04-27 Unique books from the library of Bachkovo Monastery will be digitalized for Internet (Culture)
2008-12-23 197 workers from the chemical firm in Asenovgrad laid off (Business)
2008-10-28 FIBank opens new offices in Assenovgrad and Razgrad (Finances)
2008-06-24 Enyovden celebrated in the town of Assenovgrad with national "Kalinitsa" ritual (Culture)
External links Municipality Asenovgrad
stanimaka.com (Asenovgrad)
www.assenovgrad.com (Asenovgrad)
www.asenovgrad.info (Asenovgrad)
www.asenovgrad.org (Asenovgrad)
www.assenovgrad.com (Lyaskovo)
liascovorodopi.blogspot.com (Lyaskovo)
Ancient Cult Center near Muldava (Muldava)
www.selokosovo.com (Kosovo)
Map of Municipality Asenovgrad »
Location
РЕМОНТИ Пловдив
