Anton

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Anton

Elevation807 m

Land area76.1 km²

Coordinates42.74°, 24.26°

Demographic figures from NSI Bulgaria. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

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Overview

Anton is a village in western Bulgaria, part of Sofia Province. It is the administrative centre of Anton Municipality, which lies in the easternmost part of Sofia Province. Anton is situated in the Zlatitsa–Pirdop Valley, 80 kilometres east of the capital Sofia. The village is the only place in the eponymous municipality, which has an area of 76 square kilometres and includes the Vartopa area, part of the Central Balkan National Park. Anton's old name was Ladzhene (Лъджене).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Ivan Iskrov

Bulgarian economist

Nikola Pushkarov

Bulgarian revolutionary

Stefan Paprikov

Bulgarian military

Todor Vłaykov

Bulgarian writer, public figure and politician

Serafim Slivenski

Ivan Krestanov

Bulgarian writer and lecturer (1890-1966)

Aleksandar Antonov

V

Veselin Andreev

Bulgarian poet, publicist and functionary of the Bulgarian Communist Party

Georgi Minev

G

Georgi Pirdopski

D

Dimitrina Savova

Bulgarian actress

Dimitar Nochev

D

Dobrio Ganchev

Ivan Karaivanov

Manol Ivanov

scientist

M

Manʹo Stoi͡anov

Bulgarian historian

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Sofia Province

• Pirdop
  4.7 mi away · pop. 7,439
• Zlatitsa
  6.3 mi away
• Tsarkvishte
  7.7 mi away
• Koprivshtitsa
  8.4 mi away
• Karlievo
  8.6 mi away
• Chelopech
  9.2 mi away
• Chavdar
  11.6 mi away
• Ribaritsa
  13.1 mi away
• Lopian
  13.4 mi away
• Brusen
  13.5 mi away
• Mirkovo
  14 mi away · pop. 1,643
• Benkovski
  14 mi away

Browse all places in Sofia Province →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-09-12

Accanthopus velikensis

Accanthopus velikensis

Seen 2026-08-27

Forest Bug

Pentatoma rufipes

Seen 2026-08-27

Larinus sturnus

Larinus sturnus

Seen 2026-08-23

Angular Orbweaver Spider

Araneus angulatus

Seen 2026-08-23

Large Skipper

Ochlodes sylvanus

Seen 2026-08-23

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Noctua fimbriata

Seen 2026-08-23

Green Lizard

Lacerta viridis

Seen 2026-08-23

European Comma

Polygonia c-album

Seen 2026-08-23

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).