Kocherinovo

Kocherinovo
Кочериново

Church of the Holy Mother of God
Kocherinovo

Location of Kocherinovo

Coordinates: 42°5′N 23°4′E / 42.083°N 23.067°E / 42.083; 23.067
Country Bulgaria
Provinces
(Oblast)
Kyustendil
Government
  Mayor Kostadin Katin
Elevation 392 m (1,286 ft)
Population (2008)
  Total 2,443
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code 2640
Area code(s) 07053

Kocherinovo (Bulgarian: Кочериново, pronounced [kutʃɛˈrinuvu]) is a town in southwestern Bulgaria, part of Kyustendil Province. It is the administrative centre of Kocherinovo Municipality, which lies in the southern part of Kyustendil Province.

Kocherinovo is located 100 kilometres south of Sofia, 8 kilometres north of Blagoevgrad and 2 kilometres off European route E79, on the way to the Rila Monastery. In the 1930s, famous Bulgarian poet Nikola Vaptsarov worked in a Kocherinovo factory as a stoker and a technician.

The town's name stems from the dialectal word kocherina, a derivative of kocher, "pigsty, section of a shed". It is related to the placename Kočerin near Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kocherovo near Gotse Delchev. The name was first mentioned in 1878. In 1974, Kocherinovo was proclaimed a town.[1]


References

  1. Чолева-Димитрова, Анна М. (2002). Селищни имена от Югозападна България: Изследване. Речник (in Bulgarian). София: Пенсофт. p. 134. ISBN 954-642-168-5. OCLC 57603720.

Coordinates: 42°5′N 23°4′E / 42.083°N 23.067°E / 42.083; 23.067

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