Gostun, Bulgaria
For other uses, see Gostun (disambiguation).
Coordinates: 41°48′N 023°41′E / 41.800°N 23.683°E
| Gostun Гостун | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Gostun | |
| Coordinates: BG 41°48′N 23°41′E / 41.800°N 23.683°E | |
| Country |
 Bulgaria |
| Province | Blagoevgrad Province |
| Municipality | Bansko |
| Government | |
| • Suffragan Mayor | Marin Belev |
| Area | |
| • Total | 52,425 km2 (20,241 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,028 m (3,373 ft) |
| Population (15-12-2010 [1]) | |
| • Total | 69 |
| GRAO | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal Code | 2773 |
| Area code(s) | 074409 |
Gostun[2] (Bulgarian: Гостун) is a village (село) in southwestern Bulgaria, located in the Bansko Municipality (Община Банско) of the Blagoevgrad Province (област Благоевград). It is located on the eastern slopes of the Rhodope Mountains, east of Mesta river 17 kilometers southeast of Bansko, 54 kilometers southeast of Blagoevgrad and 103 kilometers southeast of Sofia.
Gostun is the birthplace of Ivan Lebanov - the first Bulgarian to win a Winter Olympic medal in 1980.
References
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, January 07, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.