Nevestino, Kyustendil Province

For other uses, see Nevestino.

Coordinates: 42°15′N 22°51′E / 42.25°N 22.85°E / 42.25; 22.85

Nevestino Невестино
Nevestino community centre (chitalishte)
Nevestino Location of Nevestino
Coordinates: 42°15′N 22°51′E / 42.25°N 22.85°E / 42.25; 22.85
Country	Bulgaria
Provinces (Oblast)	Kyustendil
Government
- Mayor	Dimitar Stamenkov
Population (2008)[1]
- Total	653
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	2595
Area code(s)	07915

Nevestino (Bulgarian: Невестино, pronounced [nɛˈvɛstinu]) 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

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

Honour

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

References

1. ^ Чолева-Димитрова, Анна М. (2002) (in Bulgarian). Селищни имена от Югозападна България: Изследване. Речник. София: Пенсофт. pp. 149. ISBN 9546421685. OCLC 57603720. 
2. ^ "Nevestino municipality - population". www.obstinanevestino.kncity.info. http://www.obstinanevestino.kncity.info/nas.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-05. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Nevestino municipality website (Bulgarian)