Kremen, Blagoevgrad Province

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41°45′N 23°39′E﻿ / ﻿41.750°N 23.650°E﻿ / 41.750; 23.650

Village in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria

Kremen

Кремен

Village

Kremen

Coordinates: 41°45′N 23°39′E﻿ / ﻿41.750°N 23.650°E﻿ / 41.750; 23.650
Country|  Bulgaria
Province| Blagoevgrad Province
Municipality| Bansko
Government

• Mayor| Dimitar Tsukov (NDSV)
Area

• Total

| 61,869 km2 (23,888 sq mi)
Elevation

| 1,100 m (3,600 ft)
Population

(15-09-2023 [1])

• Total

| 134
| GRAO
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code|

2771

Area code| 074407

Kremen (Bulgarian: Кремен) is a mountainous village in southwestern Bulgaria in the Bansko Municipality of the Blagoevgrad Province. It is situated on the eastern slopes of Pirin 16 kilometers southeast of Bansko and 54 kilometers southeast of Blagoevgrad. The village is 6 kilometers away from the secondary international road 19 Blagoevgrad-Bansko-Gotse Delchev-Drama. The ruins of the Kremen fortress are situated 4 kilometers northwest of the village. The fortress is small - 600 m² and built of local stone. It is accessible only from west, where a high wall was erected, which is well preserved nowadays up to 8 meters height.[2]

1. ^ https://www.grao.bg/tna/isnt41nm-15-09-2023-2.txt [bare URL plain text file]
2. ^ "an article in Bulgarian". Archived from the original on 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2011-12-10.

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Bansko Municipality

Capital: Bansko

Towns/Villages|

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

Landmarks|

Culture|

* Bansko Jazz Festival

Notable people|

* Nikola Vaptsarov
* Paisiy Hilendarski
* Neofit Rilski

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