Nevestino, Kyustendil Province

For other uses, see Nevestino.

Place in Kyustendil, Bulgaria

Nevestino

Невестино

Nevestino community centre (chitalishte)

Nevestino

Location of Nevestino

Coordinates: 42°15′N 22°51′E﻿ / ﻿42.250°N 22.850°E﻿ / 42.250; 22.850
Country|  Bulgaria
Provinces (Oblast)| Kyustendil
Government

• Mayor| Dimitar Stamenkov
Population

(2008)[1]

• Total

| 653
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code|

2595

Area code| 07915

Nevestino (Bulgarian: Невестино, pronounced [nɛˈvɛstino]) is a village in southwestern Bulgaria, part of Kyustendil Province. It is the administrative centre of Nevestino municipality, which lies in the central part of Kyustendil Province.

The village lies 13 kilometres from the provincial capital of Kyustendil, on both banks of the Struma River and near the Kyustendil-Dupnitsa and Kyustendil-Boboshevo-Blagoevgrad roads. Nevestino was first mentioned in 1576 under the name Gospozhino pole (Госпожино поле, "lady's field"); a parallel Ottoman Turkish name was Köprü ("[the] bridge"), referring to the famous bridge Kadin most in the village, which has existed since 1470. Nevestino's name roughly means "the bride's [place, field]", from the word nevesta (невеста), "bride", attested in Old Bulgarian НЄВѢСТА.[1]

## Municipality

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Kadin most in Nevestino

Nevestino municipality has an area of 442 square kilometres and a population of around 3000 people.[2] It includes the following 23 villages:

* Chekanets
* Chetirtsi
* Dlahchevo-Sablyar
* Dolna Koznitsa
* Drumohar
* Eremiya
* Iliya
* Kadrovitsa
* Lilyach
* Marvodol
* Nedelkova Grashtitsa
* Nevestino

* Pastuh
* Pelatikovo
* Rakovo
* Rashka Grashtitsa
* Smolichano
* Stradalovo
* Tishanovo
* Tsarvaritsa
* Vaksevo
* Vetren
* Zgurovo

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## Honour

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Nevestino Cove in Robert Island, South Shetland Islands is named after Nevestino.

## References

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1. ^ Чолева-Димитрова, Анна М. (2002). Селищни имена от Югозападна България: Изследване. Речник (in Bulgarian). София: Пенсофт. p. 149\. ISBN 954-642-168-5. OCLC 57603720.
2. ^ "Nevestino municipality - population". www.obstinanevestino.kncity.info. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-05.

## External links

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* Nevestino municipality website (in Bulgarian)

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Municipalities of Kyustendil Province

* Boboshevo
* Bobov Dol
* Dupnitsa
* Kocherinovo
* Kyustendil
* Nevestino
* Rila
* Sapareva Banya
* Treklyano

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Nevestino Municipality

Capital: Nevestino

Villages|

* Chekanets
* Chetirtsi
* Dlahchevo-Sablyar
* Dolna Koznitsa
* Drumohar
* Eremiya
* Iliya
* Kadrovitsa
* Lilyach
* Marvodol
* Nedelkova Grashtitsa
* Pastuh
* Pelatikovo
* Rakovo
* Rashka Grashtitsa
* Smolichano
* Stradalovo
* Tishanovo
* Tsarvaritsa
* Vaksevo
* Vetren
* Zgurovo

Landmarks|

* Kadin most

Culture|

* St. Peter and Paul's church
* St Ana monastery

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