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Tserovo, Blagoevgrad Province

Coordinates: 41°58′N 23°8′E / 41.967°N 23.133°E / 41.967; 23.133
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Tserovo
Церово
Village
Tserovo is located in Bulgaria
Tserovo
Tserovo
Coordinates: 41°58′N 23°8′E / 41.967°N 23.133°E / 41.967; 23.133
Country Bulgaria
ProvinceBlagoevgrad Province
MunicipalityBlagoevgrad
Government
 • MayorIvan Sakov (GERB)
Area
 • Total20.9 km2 (8.1 sq mi)
Elevation
700 m (2,300 ft)
Population
 (15 December 2010[1])
 • Total694
 GRAO
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
2722
Area code073

Tserovo is a village in Blagoevgrad Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. It is situated in Rila mountain 7 kilometers southwest of Blagoevgrad.[2] Cultivating tobacco and sheep and goat farming are the only sources of income for the village.

South of the village on the hills over the left bank of Struma river there are ruins of the mountainous fortress "Tserovo", built in the 3rd century.

References

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  1. ^ "Таблица на населението по постоянен и настоящ адрес". grao.bg (in Bulgarian). 15 December 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  2. ^ video in Bulgarian

See also

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Wikimapia for the village with the fortress