Rila

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Rila

Total population

3,044

Elevation593 m

Land area58.16 km²

Coordinates42.13°, 23.13°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Rila is a town in southwestern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Rila Municipality, in the southeastern part of Kyustendil Province.

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

B

Binyo Ivanov

Bulgarian poet (1939-1998)

Vergil Bangeov

Bulgarian politician

G

Georgi Drenikov

Davidko Drobachki

Bulgarian jurist

D

Dimitar Zografov

politician

D

Dimitar Kirov

Bulgarian journalist

I

Ivan Raynov

Kostadin Sidzhimkov

Bulgarian politician

L

Lazar Petrov

Bulgarian icon painter

Sotir Yanev

Bulgarian politician

Tasko Stoilkov

T

Tati︠a︡na Sŭrbinska

Bulgarian singer

Temenuzhka Pavlevcheva

Bulgarian politician

Veselin Vuchkov

Bulgarian politician

A

Angel Tasinski

G

Georgi Stoilov

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

Nearby places in Kyustendil

• Padala
  3.2 mi away
• Mursalevo
  4.6 mi away
• Kamenik
  8.5 mi away
• Balanovo
  9.3 mi away
• Samoranovo
  9.5 mi away
• Yahinovo
  11.3 mi away
• Blatino
  12 mi away
• Panichishte
  12.7 mi away
• Sapareva Banya
  13 mi away
• Chetirtsi
  15.2 mi away
• Tsarvaritsa
  15.7 mi away
• Smolichano
  17.2 mi away

Browse all places in Kyustendil →

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

Ivy-leaved cyclamen

Cyclamen hederifolium

Seen 2026-09-27

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

wood crane's-bill

Geranium sylvaticum

Seen 2026-08-16

bladder campion

Silene vulgaris

Seen 2026-08-16

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