Chepintsi, Sofia City Province
Chepintsi | |
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Village | |
Chepintsi | |
| Coordinates: 42°46′0″N 23°21′0″E / 42.76667°N 23.35000°E | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Province | Sofia City |
| Municipality | Stolichna Municipality |
| Elevation | 5,290 m (17,360 ft) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 2,509 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 1554 |
Chepintsi (Bulgarian: Чепинци) is a village in Novi Iskar district of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, located some 10 km north of the city center. As of 2024 it has 2,509 inhabitants.[1][2]
Geography
The village is situated at an altitude of 520 m in the northern part of the Sofia Valley along the right bank of the river Lesnovska reka, a right tributary of the Iskar.[2]
Administratively, Chepintsi is part of the Novi Iskar district of Stolichna Municipality in the northern part of the Sofia City Province. It has a territory of 19.721 km2.[3] The closest settlements are the villages of Negovan to the northwest and Lokorsko to the north, as well as various outer neighbourhoods of Sofia to the south.
Chepintsi lies at the northeastern arc of the Sofia Ring Road, a few kilometers north of its major junction with the Hemus motorway (A2) and the Europe motorway (A6). There is a railway station, which is named after the neighbouring village of Lokorsko. The village is served by several bus lines of the Sofia Public Transport that connect it to the Sofia Metro.[4]
History and culture
The village was first mentioned in 1446. The Chepino Monastery of the Three Holy Hierarchs is located in its eastern outskirts. The local cultural center, known in Bulgarian as a chitalishte, was founded in 1927 and is named Napredak, meaning progress.[5]
Citations
- ^ a b "Tables of Persons Registered by Permanent Address and by Current Address". Official Site of the Civil Registration and Administrative Services (GRAO). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ^ a b Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria 1980, p. 532
- ^ "Bulgaria Guide, Chepintsi". Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ^ "A Map of the Republican Road Network of Bulgaria". Official Site of the Road Infrastructure Agency. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ^ "Chitalishte Napredak-1927, Chepintsi". Register of the Chitalishta of Bulgaria. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
References
- Мичев (Michev), Николай (Nikolay); Михайлов (Mihaylov), Цветко (Tsvetko); Вапцаров (Vaptsarov), Иван (Ivan); Кираджиев (Kiradzhiev), Светлин (Svetlin) (1980). Географски речник на България [Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria] (in Bulgarian). София (Sofia): Наука и култура (Nauka i kultura).