Zheleznitsa
Zheleznitsa is a large village in the Pancharevo district of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, located at 23 km to the south of the city center. As of 2024 it has 1,633 inhabitants.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,660 residents
- Description: village in Stolichna municipality, Sofia Capital oblast, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Shelesniza”, “Zheleznitsa, Sofia City Province”, and “Zhelyeznitsa”
- Postal code: 1775
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bistritsa and Plana.
Bistritsa
Village
Photo: Eola, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bistritsa is a large village in the Pancharevo district of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, located approximately 15 km south of the city center. As of 2024 it has 5,315 inhabitants. Bistritsa is situated 6 km north of Zheleznitsa.
Plana
Village
Plana is a village in Stolichna Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria. Plana is situated 6 km southeast of Zheleznitsa.
Kokalyane
Village
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kokalyane is a village in the municipality of Sofia, in the district of Pancharevo in Bulgaria. As of 2007 it has 1,859 residents. The village is situated at the foothills of the Vitosha mountain, 18 km from the center of Sofia. Kokalyane is situated 7 km northeast of Zheleznitsa.
Zheleznitsa
- Categories: village of Bulgaria, kmetstvo of Bulgaria, and locality
- Location: Zheleznica, Municipality of the Capital, Sofia-grad, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.53378° or 42° 32′ 2″ northLongitude
23.36626° or 23° 21′ 59″ eastPopulation
1,660Elevation
1,025 metres (3,363 feet)Open location code
8GJ5G9M8+GGOpenStreetMap ID
node 273813489OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
725374Wikidata ID
Q2016580
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Zheleznitsa” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Железница”
- Bulgarian: “С.ЖЕЛЕЗНИЦА”
- Cebuano: “Zheleznica”
- Chechen: “Железница (Софи гӀалин область)”
- Chechen: “Железница”
- Chinese: “Zheleznitsa”
- Kazakh: “Железница (София-град облысы)”
- Kazakh: “Железница”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Zheleznitsa”
- Polish: “Żeleznica”
- Romanian: “Jeleznița, Sofia-capitala”
- Romanian: “Jeleznița”
- Russian: “Железница”
- Swedish: “Zjeleznitsa, Stolitjna obsjtina”
- Swedish: “Zjeleznitsa”
- Tatar: “Железница (София шәһәр өлкәсе)”
- Tatar: “Железница”
- Turkish: “Evrenli”
- Turkish: “Jelezniçe”
- Turkish: “Jeleznitsa”
- Turkish: “Kara-demir”
- Turkish: “Karademir (Bulgaristan)”
- Turkish: “Karademir, Bulgaristan”
- Turkish: “Karademir, Sofya”
- Turkish: “Karademir”
- Turkish: “Sofya”
- Ukrainian: “Железниця”
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