Eleshnitsa
Eleshnitsa is a village in Elin Pelin Municipality, in Sofia Province, Bulgaria. Eleshnitsa has about 417 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 417 residents
- Description: village in Elin Pelin municipality, Sofia oblast, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Chankova”, “Chankova-Eleshnitsa”, “Eleschniza”, “Eleshnitsa, Sofia Province”, and “Yordankino”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eleshnishki Monastery.
Eleshnishki Monastery
Church
Photo: Spiritia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Eleshnitsa monastery of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is an active monastery, but currently there are no monks. Eleshnishki Monastery is situated 3½ km northeast of Eleshnitsa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zhelyava and Potop.
Zhelyava
Village
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zhelyava is a village in Kremikovtsi district of the Bulgarian capital Sofia. As of 2024 it has 439 inhabitants.
Potop
Village
Photo: Spiritia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Potop is a village, which is situated 2½ km east of Eleshnitsa.
Stolnik
Village
Photo: Spiritia, Public domain.
Stolnik is a village, which is situated 3½ km south of Eleshnitsa.
Eleshnitsa
- Categories: village of Bulgaria, kmetstvo of Bulgaria, and locality
- Location: Elin Pelin, Sofia Province, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.74421° or 42° 44′ 39″ northLongitude
23.62863° or 23° 37′ 43″ eastPopulation
417Elevation
692 metres (2,270 feet)Open location code
8GJ5PJVH+MFOpenStreetMap ID
node 273817003OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
725508Wikidata ID
Q4174777
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Uzbek—“Eleshnitsa” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Елешница (Област София)”
- Bulgarian: “Елешница”
- Bulgarian: “Йорданкино”
- Bulgarian: “С.ЕЛЕШНИЦА”
- Catalan: “Elèixnitsa”
- Chechen: “Елешница”
- Chinese: “Eleshnitsa”
- Japanese: “エレシュニトツァ”
- Kazakh: “Елешница”
- Macedonian: “Елешница”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Eleshnitsa”
- Persian: “الشنیتسا”
- Polish: “Elesznica (obwód sofijski)”
- Polish: “Elesznica”
- Romanian: “Eleșnița, Sofia”
- Romanian: “Eleșnița”
- Russian: “Елешница”
- Tatar: “Елешница (София өлкәсе)”
- Tatar: “Елешница”
- Turkish: “Arnavut-köy”
- Turkish: “Eleşnitsa (Bulgaristan)”
- Turkish: “Eleşnitsa, Bulgaristan”
- Turkish: “Eleşnitsa, Sofya”
- Turkish: “Eleşnitsa”
- Ukrainian: “Єлешниця (Софійська область)”
- Ukrainian: “Єлешниця”
- Uzbek: “Eleshnitsa, Sofiya viloyati”
- Uzbek: “Eleshnitsa”
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