Municipality Rodopi

The Municipality of Rodopi covers an area of 668,6 sq. km. (12 % of the territory of the Plovdiv region). The municipality has a favourable geographic location - it is situated in the Thracian plain, at the foot of the northern slopes of the Rodopi Mountains and covers 335 sq. km. of the mountains between Assenovgrad, Mihalkovo and Krichim. The territory of the municipality is crossed by the road Sofia - Plovdiv - Smolyan, the state highway gas-mains going to the Non-ferrous Metals Works - Plovdiv across the villages of Krumovo, Yagodovo and Tzalapitza. Near the municipality, the international airport Mavrudovo can be found.
The relief vary - plain, submountainous and mountainous. Forest Fund covers 117,824 decares of which 5,300 decares are private property. 5,628 decares are municipal property.
The Climate is continental-transient and mountainous in the high mountain areas.

2013-01-04 New mini thermal power plant for EUR 5 M will be built near village of Kadievo (Business)

2012-11-15 New metalworking plant for the production of iron and steel castings near Markovo (Business)

2010-10-29 Todoroff winery incorporates its subsidiary in joint-stock company (Business)

2009-03-20 Plovdiv Rodopi zone needs a new master plan (Politics)

2009-03-19 Belashtitsa monastery (Culture)

2009-02-10 Hotel Relax in village of Belashtitsa was burned down (Accidents)

2008-12-03 The Persenk area in region of Plovdiv and Smolyan is declared a protected zone (Politics)

2008-10-02 Israeli Melina to start work on Plovdiv shopping mall (Business)

2008-09-09 Landfill in Tsalapitsa dumpsite burns. Police investigating possible arson (Accidents)

2008-08-04 Bulgarian wine maker Todoroff to sell hotel property to pay off investment loans (Business)

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krumovo.dir.bg (Krumovo)