Anton
Anton is a village in western Bulgaria, part of Sofia Province. It is the administrative centre of Anton Municipality, which lies in the easternmost part of Sofia Province.- Type: Village with 1,700 residents
- Description: village in Anton municipality, Sofia oblast, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Anton, Sofia Province”, “Lăshene”, “Lezhene”, “Lŭdzhene”, and “Lŭzhene”
- Postal code: 2089
Places of Interest
Highlights include Elena Basilica.
Elena Basilica
The Elenska Basilica or Elensko Basilica is a large partially preserved late Roman Christian basilica in west central Bulgaria. Dating to the 5th–6th century AD, it lies 5 to 6 kilometres northeast of Pirdop and 3 kilometres from Anton, on the right bank of the Elenska River in the Zlatitsa–Pirdop Valley. Elena Basilica is situated 3 km west of Anton.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dushanci and Pirdop.
Pirdop
Town
Pirdop is a town located in central-west Bulgaria. As of 2024, it had a population of 6,739. Pirdop Gate on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Pirdop. Pirdop is situated 8 km southwest of Anton.
Anton
- Categories: village of Bulgaria, municipality seat, and locality
- Location: Anton, Sofia Province, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.73506° or 42° 44′ 6″ north
Longitude
24.2596° or 24° 15′ 35″ east
Population
1,700
Elevation
888 metres (2,913 feet)
Open location code
8GJ6P7P5+2R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Anton” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Антон”
- Bulgarian: “С. АНТОН”
- Cebuano: “Anton”
- Chechen: “Антон (эвла)”
- Chechen: “Антон”
- Chinese: “Anton”
- Chinese: “安东”
- Chinese: “安東”
- Dutch: “Anton”
- French: “Anton”
- German: “Anton”
- Hebrew: “אנטון”
- Japanese: “アントン”
- Kazakh: “Антон”
- Macedonian: “Антон (село)”
- Macedonian: “Антон”
- Malay: “Anton, Bulgaria”
- Malay: “Anton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Anton (selo)”
- Persian: “آنتون”
- Romanian: “Anton, Sofia”
- Romanian: “Anton”
- Russian: “Антон (село)”
- Russian: “Антон”
- Spanish: “Anton”
- Swedish: “Anton”
- Tatar: “Антон (авыл)”
- Tatar: “Антон”
- Turkish: “Anton (Bulgaristan)”
- Turkish: “Anton, Bulgaristan”
- Turkish: “Anton”
- Ukrainian: “Антон (Болгарія)”
- Ukrainian: “Антон (село)”
- Ukrainian: “Антон”
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