Gostun, Bulgaria

For other uses, see Gostun (disambiguation).

41°48′N 023°41′E﻿ / ﻿41.800°N 23.683°E﻿ / 41.800; 23.683

Village in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria

Gostun

Гостун

Village

Gostun

Coordinates: 41°48′N 23°41′E﻿ / ﻿41.800°N 23.683°E﻿ / 41.800; 23.683
Country|  Bulgaria
Province| Blagoevgrad Province
Municipality| Bansko
Government

• Suffragan Mayor| Iliya 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| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code|

2773

Area code| 074409
Gostun village entrance road, Bulgaria View of Gostun village central square

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

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1. ^ http://www.grao.bg/tna/tab04.txt [bare URL plain text file]
2. ^ Gostun, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria at GEOnet Names Server

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Bansko Municipality

Capital: Bansko

Towns/Villages|

* Dobrinishte
* Filipovo
* Gostun
* Kremen
* Mesta
* Obidim
* Osenovo

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Culture|

* Bansko Jazz Festival

Notable people|

* Nikola Vaptsarov
* Paisiy Hilendarski
* Neofit Rilski

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