Mursalevo ( bg, Мурсалево) is a village in
Kocherinovo Municipality
Kocherinovo Municipality is a municipality in Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of ...
,
Kyustendil Province, south-western
Bulgaria. As of 2013 it has 413 inhabitants.
It is situated on the left bank of the
Struma River
The Struma or Strymónas ( bg, Струма ; el, Στρυμόνας ; tr, (Struma) Karasu , 'black water') is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. Its ancient name was Strymṓn (Greek: Στρυμών ). Its drainage area is , of which in Bulgaria, ...
at about 2 km north of the municipal centre
Kocherinovo
Kocherinovo ( bg, Кочериново, ) is a town in southwestern Bulgaria, part of Kyustendil Province. It is the administrative centre of Kocherinovo Municipality, which lies in the southern part of Kyustendil Province. As of 2013 it has 2,25 ...
.
The remains of a
Neolithic village, estimated to be 8,000 years old, have been excavated nearby. The foundations of more than 60 houses have been discovered, some of them with two storeys.
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Villages in Kyustendil Province
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