Rodopi (Bulgaria)

Rodopi ( Bulgarian : Родопи) is a municipality in the Plovdiv Oblast in central Bulgaria . The administrative seat of the municipality is Plovdiv , which does not belong to the Rodopi municipality.

geography

location

The Rodopi municipality is located in the southwestern area of ​​Plovdiv Oblast, for the most part southwest of the city of Plovdiv . It is located in the Thracian Plain on the Mariza at the foot of the Rhodope Mountains .

Community structure

The community Rodopi (bulg. Община Родопи) with 33,111 inhabitants (2006) on an area of ​​668 km² consists of only 21 villages.

The following places belong to the municipality:

• Belashtitsa
• Boykowo
• Branipole
• Brestnik
• Brestowiza (Plovdiv Oblast)
• Chrabrino
• Dedowo
• Izwor (Plovdiv Oblast)
• Jagodowo (Plovdiv Oblast)
• Kadiewo
• Krumovo (Plovdiv Oblast)
• Lilkowo
• Markovo (Plovdiv Oblast)
• Orisari (Plovdiv Oblast)
• Parvenets (Plovdiv Oblast)
• Sitowo (Plovdiv Oblast)
• Skobelewo (Plovdiv Oblast)
• Slatitrap
• Tschuren
• Ustina
• Zalapiza

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities within the Plovdiv Oblast are - clockwise from the north - Plovdiv , Mariza , Sadowo , Kuklen , Asenovgrad , Krichim , Peruschtiza , Stambolijski and Saedinenie .

Sons and daughters of the church

• Magdalena Georgiewa (* 1962), rower, born in Bestowiza
• Emilija Dschingarowa (* 1978), chess player, born in Bestowiza

Web links

• Rodopi Municipality (Bulgarian)
• Municipality Rodopi (English)

Coordinates: 41 ° 57 '25 "  N , 24 ° 34' 22.7"  E