Kresna Municipality is a municipality in
Blagoevgrad Province
Blagoevgrad Province ( bg, област Благоевград, ''oblast Blagoevgrad'' or Благоевградска област, ''Blagoevgradska oblast''), also known as Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia ( bg, Пиринска Маке ...
in southwestern
Bulgaria
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. The
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
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is the town of
Kresna
Kresna ( bg, Кресна ) is a town and the seat of Kresna Municipality in Blagoevgrad Province in Bulgaria.
It is located in the southwestern part of Bulgaria.
Geography
The town of Kresna lies in Sandanski–Petrich Valley at the north en ...
.
Towns and villages
The following towns and villages are located in Kresna Municipality:
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Kresna
Kresna ( bg, Кресна ) is a town and the seat of Kresna Municipality in Blagoevgrad Province in Bulgaria.
It is located in the southwestern part of Bulgaria.
Geography
The town of Kresna lies in Sandanski–Petrich Valley at the north en ...
(
Кресна)
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Dolna Gradeshnitsa (
Долна Градешница)
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Ezerets (Езерец)
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Gorna Breznitsa (
Горна Брезница)
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Oshtava
Oshtava is a village in Kresna Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria
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(
Ощава)
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Slivnitsa
Slivnitsa ( bg, Сливница ) is a town in western Bulgaria, 22 km away from Sofia, lying on the main road connecting the capital with the Bulgarian-Serbian border. Slivnitsa is part of Sofia Province and is close to the towns of Kostin ...
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Сливница)
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Stara Kresna
Stara Kresna is a village in Kresna Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria
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(
Стара Кресна)
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Vlahi (
Влахи)
Religion
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
See also
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1904 Kresna earthquakes
The 1904 Kresna earthquakes occurred on the same day of April 4 in the Ottoman Empire (present-day Bulgaria). The pair of earthquakes measured 6.9 and 7.2 on the surface wave magnitude scale, and were assigned the respective Modified Mercalli int ...
– Pair of earthquakes that devastated Kresna
References
External links
Municipalities in Blagoevgrad Province
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