Dolno Kamartsi (Bulgarian: Долно Камарци) is a village in Gorna Malina Municipality of Sofia Province, central western Bulgaria. As of 2024[update] it has 407 inhabitants.[1][2]
Dolno Kamartsi | |
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Village | |
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  Dolno Kamartsi | |
| Coordinates: 42°42′49.35″N 23°51′27.95″E / 42.7137083°N 23.8577639°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province | Sofia |
| Municipality | Gorna Malina |
| Elevation | 698 m (2,290 ft) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 407 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 2137 |
Geography
editThe village is situated at an altitude of 698 m in the southwestern reaches of the small Kamarska Valley, enclosed between the Balkan Mountains to the north and the Sredna Gora mountain range to the south. It falls within the continental climatic zone.[2][3]
It has a territory of 32.375 km2.[4] The closest settlements include the villages of Stargel to the north and Gorno Kamartsi to the northwest, both within the same valley, as well as Sarantsi in the Saranska Valley to the west, and Bunovo in the Zlatitsa–Pirdop Valley to the east. The distance to the national capital Sofia is 44 km in western direction.[3]
Dolno Kamartsi lies on the major first class I-6 road Gyueshevo–Sofia–Karlovo–Burgas. A local road branches off northward to Stargel. There is also a railway station on line No. 3 Iliyantsi (Sofia)–Karlovo–Sliven–Karnobat–Varna served by the Bulgarian State Railways.[2][5]
Economy
editThere are several small industrial enterprises, producing chemical products, metal construction and timber.[6]
Culture
editThe local cultural center, known in Bulgarian as a chitalishte, was founded in 1919 and is named after the revolutionary Hristo Botev.[3][7]
Citations
edit- 1 2 "Tables of Persons Registered by Permanent Address and by Current Address". Official Site of the Civil Registration and Administrative Services (GRAO). Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- 1 2 3 Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria 1980
- 1 2 3 Encyclopaedia Bulgaria, Volume II 1981, p. 404
- ↑ "Bulgaria Guide, Dolno Kamartsi". Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ "A Map of the Republican Road Network of Bulgaria". Official Site of the Road Infrastructure Agency. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ "Economy". Official Site of Gorna Malina Municipality. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ "Chitalishte Hristo Botev-1919, Dolno Kamartsi". Register of the Chitalishta of Bulgaria. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
References
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- Георгиев (Georgiev), Владимир (Vladimir) (1981). Енциклопедия България. Том II. Г-З [Encyclopaedia Bulgaria. Volume II. G-Z] (in Bulgarian). и колектив. София (Sofia): Издателство на БАН (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Press).
- Мичев (Michev), Николай (Nikolay); Михайлов (Mihaylov), Цветко (Tsvetko); Вапцаров (Vaptsarov), Иван (Ivan); Кираджиев (Kiradzhiev), Светлин (Svetlin) (1980). Географски речник на България [Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria] (in Bulgarian). София (Sofia): Наука и култура (Nauka i kultura).