Blagoevgrad

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Blagoevgrad

Total population

75,079

Coordinates42.01°, 23.09°

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

Overview

Blagoevgrad is а town in Southwestern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Blagoevgrad Municipality and of Blagoevgrad Province. With a population of almost 70,000 inhabitants, it is the economic and cultural centre of Southwestern Bulgaria. It is located in the valley of the Struma River at the foot of the Rila Mountains, 101 kilometres south of Sofia, close to the border with North Macedonia.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Ljuben Petrov

politician

Aleksandar Bogdanov

Bulgarian politician

A

Arso Pandurski

Bulgarian politician

B

Binyo Ivanov

Bulgarian poet (1939-1998)

Vergil Bangeov

Bulgarian politician

Davidko Drobachki

Bulgarian jurist

D

Dimitar Zografov

politician

D

Dobrota voyvoda

I

Ivan Raynov

Kostadin Sidzhimkov

Bulgarian politician

L

Lazar Petrov

Bulgarian icon painter

N

Nikola Chaveov

R

Ruska Stoimenova

Bulgarian singer

S

Slave Makedonski

Macedonian poet

Sotir Yanev

Bulgarian politician

Tasko Stoilkov

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

Nearby places in Blagoevgrad

• Palatnik
  30.5 mi away · pop. 238
• Kremen
  33.7 mi away · pop. 201
• Samuilovo
  44.2 mi away · pop. 911
• Hadzhidimovo
  52.1 mi away · pop. 2,689
• Rečica Kriška
  410.4 mi away · pop. 346
• Razljev
  410.7 mi away
• Obedišće
  410.9 mi away · pop. 580
• Vezišće
  411.2 mi away
• Novoselec
  412.2 mi away · pop. 1,362
• Gornji Prnjarovec
  413.6 mi away · pop. 369
• Šušnjari
  413.9 mi away · pop. 133
• Velika Hrastilnica
  414.3 mi away · pop. 166

Browse all places in Blagoevgrad →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Blagoevgrad

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Great Stonecrop

Hylotelephium maximum

Seen 2026-09-27

Ivy-leaved cyclamen

Cyclamen hederifolium

Seen 2026-09-27

Woodland Grayling

Hipparchia fagi

Seen 2026-09-16

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-13

Purple-barred Yellow

Lythria purpuraria

Seen 2026-09-06

common soapwort

Saponaria officinalis

Seen 2026-09-06

Yellow Oxeye

Telekia speciosa

Seen 2026-08-16

marsh grass-of-Parnassus

Parnassia palustris

Seen 2026-08-16

European Peacock Butterfly

Aglais io

Seen 2026-08-16

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