Borets Explained

Borets
Subdivision Name2:Brezovo
Coordinates:42.3333°N 24.9333°W
Pushpin Map:Bulgaria
Leader Name:Hristo Enkov
Leader Name1:Hristo Enkov
Leader Title:Mayor
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Official Name:Borets
Subdivision Name1:Plovdiv
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name:Bulgaria
Subdivision Type:Country
Postal Code:4144
Population Total:699
Settlement Type:Village

Borets is a village in Southern Bulgaria, in Brezovo Municipality, Plovdiv Province. The population of the town is 699 people as of 2020.[1]

Geography

Borets village is located 37 kilometers North East of Plovdiv and 16 kilometers West of Brezovo and 14 kilometers North West of Rakovski (town). The village's terrain is plane and has an average altitude of 200 meters above sea level. The climate in the area is soft and moderate. During the winter months the average temperature is around 0ºС, while during the summer it averages around 26ºС. In the area of Brezovo municipality there are 82 dams which makes the area a good place for water sports and water tourism.

Pavel Banya, a mineral springs touristic town is located around 57 kilometers North-East of the village.

Culture and infrastructure

Borets has a good infrastructure with electricity and a source of water, a well-functioning sewage, and an access to internet, television and telephone lines. There is a community center with a library in the village and a Catholic church, located closely to the local school.[2]

Notable people

Public institutions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grao.bg, Bulgarian Population count of all settlements (In Bulgarian language). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200622193023/http://www.grao.bg/tna/t41nm-15-06-2020_2.txt . 2020-06-22 .
  2. Web site: с. Борец. 2021-03-19. www.mirela.bg.
  3. Book: Аврамов, А.. Трудовата слава на България., Държавно издателство д-р Петър Берон. 1987. 119.
  4. Web site: Михаил Γерджиков и подвигът на тракийци 1903 г. - 5. 2021-03-19. macedonia.kroraina.com.
  5. Book: P.D., Bratkov. Streltsi, Pu̐darsko i Borets, Plovdivska okolii͡a: antropogeografsko izuchvane. Strelzi, Padarsko und Boretz; antropogeographische Untersuchung. Izdava Obshtinata--Streltsi. 1941. Izdava Obshtinata--Streltsi. 20 - 50.