Official Name: | Batanovtsi |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bulgaria |
Subdivision Type1: | Provinces (Oblast) |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Pushpin Map: | Bulgaria |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Batanovtsi |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Subdivision Name1: | Pernik |
Population Total: | 2101 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Elevation M: | 660 |
Postal Code: | 2340 |
Area Code: | 07712 |
Coordinates: | 42.6°N 79°W |
Leader Name: | Radoslav Banchev |
Batanovtsi (Bulgarian: Батановци, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈbatɐnoft͡si/) is a town in western Bulgaria. It is located in Pernik Province and is close to the towns of Radomir and Pernik.
Its located between the towns of Pernik and Radomir. In the land of the town of Batanovtsi is the village of Cherna gora, which has no land of its own.
The town's name was first attested in a 1564 Bulgarian text: ВИШЄ СЄЛА БАТЄНОВЦИ БЛИЗЬ РЄЦЄ СТРОУМЄ, and several other sources from the 1560s. It is derived from the personal name Batan, probably of Pecheneg or Cuman origin. From 1950 to 1992 it was known as Temelkovo. It was proclaimed a town in 1974.[1]