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Melnik
Sign in to savecity in Sandanski municipality, Blagoevgrad oblast, Bulgaria
Key facts
- Country
- Bulgaria
- Province oblast
- Blagoevgrad
- Mayor
- Atanas Petev (2015)
- Elevation
- 437 m (1,434 ft)
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( EET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+3 ( EEST )
- Area code
- 07437
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- kmetstvo of Bulgaria
- Official name
- Melnik
- Located in
- Sandanski
- Population
- 182
- Area
- 6.464
- Elevation
- 437
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Melnikview1.jpg
- Dialing code
- 07437
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- Commons category
- Melnik
- twinned administrative body
- Mělník
- postal code
- 2820
- native label
- Мелник
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Bulgaria
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Melnik (Bulgarian: Мелник [ˈmɛɫnik], Greek: Μελένικο, Meleniko) is a town in Blagoevgrad Province, Southwestern Bulgaria, in the Southwestern Pirin Mountains, about 440 m above sea level. The town is an architectural reserve and 96 of its buildings are cultural monuments. With a population of 385, it is the smallest town in Bulgaria, retaining its town status today for historical reasons. It is situated on the foothills of the Pirin mountain range and is overlooked by the Melnik Earth Pyramids.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melnik” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.