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Koprivets (Bulgarian: Копривец) is a village in northern Bulgaria, administered by the municipality of Byala and part of Ruse Province. It lies 50 km south of Ruse and 16 km east of Byala.
Koprivets
Копривец | |
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  Koprivets Location of Koprivets | |
| Coordinates: 43°24.28′N 25°53.48′E / 43.40467°N 25.89133°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Area | |
• Total | 47.161 km2 (18.209 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 164 m (538 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 685[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Area code | 08125 |
Geography
editThe village is on the left bank of the Baniski Lom river which joins with the Cherni Lom and Beli Lom rivers to produce the Rusenski Lom which flows into the River Danube near Ruse. Koprivets is next to the Popovski Hills (220– 296 m above sea level) in the Ludogorie hilly plateau region, part of the Danubian Plain.
The distance from the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, is 270 km.[2]
The surrounding countryside are a mosaic of farmland, forests and natural vegetation, which is quite sparsely populated with 34 inhabitants’ per square kilometre.[3] The area is in the Köppen climate classification category Dfa = Hot-summer humid continental climate. The average annual temperature in the area 13 °C. The warmest month is August when the average temperature is 33 °C and the coldest is January with −3 °C. The average rainfall is 34 millimeter per month. The wettest month is June, with an average 55 mm precipitation, and the driest months is August, with 17 mm rainfall. There are 277 days with no rain.[4]
History
editNear the village Cemetery there was an open settlement from the early Neolithic period.[5][6][7] Thracian ceramics were located in the village, as well as a Thracian settlement and tombstones from the 5th – 3rd century BCE. There are remains of an early Byzantine fortress, built during the time of Emperor Justinian. The remains of the fortress have suffered significantly. The village was also inhabited during the First Bulgarian Empire, the Second Bulgarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire.[8]
Cultural and natural attractions
editThe biggest cultural landmark is the Monastery of St Petka.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Bulgarian Census 2021". Retrieved February 26, 2022.
- ^ "*** Guide Bulgaria *** - Village Koprivets". Guide Bulgaria.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification". Archived from the original on February 28, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
- ^ "Koprivets Climate". Retrieved February 26, 2022.
- ^ "Neolithic Koprivets". Retrieved February 26, 2022.
- ^ "Map Neolithic Sites Koprivets". Retrieved February 26, 2022.
- ^ "Table Balkan Neolithic Sites". doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0197225.t001.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "History of Koprivets". Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ "St Petka Monastery". Retrieved February 26, 2022.
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