Sofia-grad
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Bistritsa

Bistritsa is a large village in the district of the capital , located approximately 15 km south of the city center. As of 2024 it has 5,315 inhabitants.
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  • Type: Village with 5,180 residents
  • Description: village in Stolichna municipality, Sofia Capital oblast, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Bistritsa, Sofia”
  • Postal code: 1744

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bistritsa Stadium and Kambanite Park.

Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stadion Bistritsa is a multi-purpose stadium in Bistritsa, Sofia, . It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of the local football clubs Vitosha Bistritsa, CSKA 1948 and formerly Septemvri Sofia.

Park
Photo: Apostoloff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 4 km northeast of Bistritsa.

Photo: Apostoloff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 4 km northeast of Bistritsa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pancharevo and Pancharevo.

Village
Photo: Kralowec, Public domain.
is a district located on the outskirts of the capital and occupies the southeastern part of the . Geographically, it lies partially in the Sofia Valley and the mountain ranges of , and , a division of .As of 2011 the village has 3,433 inhabitants, but the district has about 28,000 inhabitants. is situated 4 km east of Bistritsa.

Village
Photo: Kralowec, Public domain.
is a village, which is situated 4 km east of Bistritsa.

Village
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the municipality of , in the district of in . As of 2007 it has 1,859 residents. The village is situated at the foothills of the mountain, 18 km from the center of Sofia. is situated 4½ km east of Bistritsa.

Bistritsa

Latitude
42.58616° or 42° 35′ 10″ north
Longitude
23.3601° or 23° 21′ 36″ east
Population
5,180
Elevation
852 metres (2,795 feet)
Open location code
8GJ5H9P6+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 273814552
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
733208
Wiki­data ID
Q3394212
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Bistritsa” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Бистрица”
  • Cebuano: “Bistrica”
  • Dutch: “Bistritsa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيستريتسا”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قريه بيستريتسا”
  • French: “Bistritsa”
  • German: “Bistriza”
  • Italian: “Bistrica”
  • Lithuanian: “Bistrica”
  • Macedonian: “Бистрица”
  • Malay: “Bistritsa, Sofia”
  • Malay: “Bistritsa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bistritsa i Sofia”
  • Polish: “Bistrica”
  • Romanian: “Bistrița, Sofia-capitala”
  • Romanian: “Bistrița”
  • Swedish: “Bistritsa, Stolitjna obsjtina”
  • Swedish: “Bistritsa”
  • Turkish: “Bistriçe”
  • Turkish: “Bistritsa”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Pınar”
  • Turkish: “Büyükpınar , Bulgaristan”
  • Turkish: “Büyükpınar (Bulgaristan)”
  • Turkish: “Büyükpınar, Bulgaristan”
  • Turkish: “Büyükpınar, Sofya”
  • Turkish: “Büyükpınar”
  • Ukrainian: “Бистриця”

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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 Wikipedia page “Bistritsa”. Photo: Eola, CC BY-SA 4.0.