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Aheloy ( bg, Ахелой ) is a town and seaside resort in
Pomorie Municipality
Pomorie Municipality ( bg, Община Поморие, ) is located in the Burgas Province, Bulgaria. The territory is km2 and the population is . The main economic activities are tourism, wine industry and grape growing.
Climate
The Pom ...
of
Burgas Province
Burgas Province ( bg, Област Бургас, translit=Oblast Burgas, formerly the Burgas okrug) is a province in southeastern Bulgaria, including the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. The province is named after its administrative and indus ...
. it had 2,175 inhabitants. It is situated in eastern
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...
, on the
Black Sea Coast
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between the major port of
Burgas
Burgas ( bg, Бургас, ), sometimes transliterated as ''Bourgas'', is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the fourth-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna, with a popu ...
to the south and the bustling tourist centres
Nesebar
Nesebar (often transcribed as Nessebar and sometimes as Nesebur, bg, Несебър, pronounced ) is an ancient city and one of the major seaside resorts on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, located in Burgas Province. It is the administrative centr ...
,
Slanchev Bryag and
Sveti Vlas
Sveti Vlas (also known as St. Vlas; bg, Свети Влас; ), is a town and resort on the Black Sea coast in Nesebar municipality, Burgas Province, Bulgaria. In July, 2007 its population was 3,869.
History
The town is located at the foot of th ...
to the north.
One of the bloodiest
battles
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in the
Middle Ages
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took place near the town in 917 when the Bulgarian Emperor
Simeon I delivered a devastating blow to the
Byzantine
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army.
[ ] More than 90,000 men perished in the battle, 70,000 of whom were Byzantines.
[ In the decades following the Battle of Anchialus the Bulgarian Empire entered a period of upheaval and relished a territorial extent, covering most of the Balkan peninsula.][
The river ]Aheloy
Aheloy ( bg, Ахелой ) is a town and seaside resort in Pomorie Municipality of Burgas Province. it had 2,175 inhabitants. It is situated in eastern Bulgaria, on the Black Sea Coast between the major port of Burgas to the south and the bus ...
flows into the Black Sea
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south of the town.
Aheloy was officially proclaimed a town in 2009 with a decision by the Government of Bulgaria
The Council of Ministers ( bg, Министерски съвет, ''Ministerski savet'') is the main authority of the executive power in the Republic of Bulgaria. It consists of the Prime Minister of Bulgaria and all the specialized ministers. ...
.
Aheloy Nunatak
Aheloy Nunatak ( bg, Ахелойски Нунатак, Aheloyski Nunatak, ) is a rocky 390m peak in the upper Huron Glacier in Livingston Island. The peak forms the northeast extremity of a minor ridge which also features Erma Knoll and Loz ...
in Antarctica
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is named after the town.
References
External links
Aheloy - Article on excitingbulgaria.com
Populated places in Burgas Province
Seaside resorts in Bulgaria
Towns in Bulgaria
Populated coastal places in Bulgaria
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