Rila
Rila is a town in Shopluk of Bulgaria, in the foothills of the southwestern Rila Mountains, on the banks of the Rilska River. It is the closest settlement to Rila Monastery, the center of both the religious and cultural spirit of the Bulgarian nation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Explorer1940, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town with 3,040 residents
- Description: city in Rila municipality, Kyustendil oblast, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Rila Selo”, “Rila, Bulgaria”, and “Riloselo”
- Postal code: 2630
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Smochevo and Stob.
Smochevo
Village
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Smochevo is a village, which is situated 4 km northwest of Rila.
Stob
Village
Stob is a village in southwest Bulgaria, administratively part of Kocherinovo Municipality, Kyustendil Province. Located at the foot of the Rila mountain range and not far from the Rila Monastery, Stob was first mentioned in the 7th century and has been in continuous or near-continuous existence since then. Stob is situated 4 km southwest of Rila.
Badino
Hamlet
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Badino is a village in Boboshevo Municipality, Kyustendil Province, south-western Bulgaria. Badino is situated 6 km north of Rila.
Rila
- Categories: municipality seat, city in Bulgaria, and locality
- Location: Rila, Kyustendil, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.12786° or 42° 7′ 40″ northLongitude
23.1324° or 23° 7′ 57″ eastPopulation
3,040Elevation
579 metres (1,900 feet)Open location code
8GJ544HJ+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 273488839OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
727628Wikidata ID
Q406517
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Waray—“Rila” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Рыла”
- Bulgarian: “ГР.РИЛА”
- Bulgarian: “Рила”
- Cebuano: “Rila”
- Central Kurdish: “ڕیلا”
- Chinese: “里拉”
- Czech: “Rila”
- Dutch: “Rila”
- French: “Rila”
- German: “Rila”
- Greek: “Ρίλα”
- Hebrew: “רילה”
- Hungarian: “Rila (város)”
- Hungarian: “Rila”
- Irish: “Rila”
- Italian: “Rila”
- Japanese: “リラ”
- Korean: “릴라”
- Macedonian: “Рила (град)”
- Macedonian: “Рила”
- Persian: “ریلا”
- Polish: “Riła”
- Portuguese: “Rila”
- Romanian: “Rila, Bulgaria”
- Romanian: “Rila”
- Russian: “Рила (Болгария)”
- Russian: “Рила (город)”
- Russian: “Рила (Кюстендилская область)”
- Russian: “Рила (Рила)”
- Russian: “Рила”
- Serbian: “Rila”
- Serbian: “Рила”
- Slovenian: “Rila”
- South Azerbaijani: “ریلا”
- Spanish: “Rila”
- Swedish: “Rila”
- Tatar: “Рила”
- Turkish: “Rila”
- Ukrainian: “Рила”
- Vietnamese: “Rila, Kyustendil”
- Vietnamese: “Rila”
- Waray (Philippines): “Rila, Bulgaria”
- Waray (Philippines): “Rila”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Rila”. Photo: Explorer1940, CC BY-SA 4.0.