Gostun, Bulgaria

41°48′N 023°41′E / 41.800°N 23.683°E / 41.800; 23.683

Gostun
Гостун
Village
Gostun is located in Bulgaria
Gostun
Gostun
Location within Bulgaria
Coordinates: 41°48′N 23°41′E / 41.800°N 23.683°E / 41.800; 23.683
Country Bulgaria
ProvinceBlagoevgrad Province
MunicipalityBansko
Government
 • Suffragan MayorIliya Belev
Area
 • Total
52,425 km2 (20,241 sq mi)
Elevation
1,028 m (3,373 ft)
Population
 (15-12-2010 [1])
 • Total
69
 GRAO
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
2773
Area code074409
Gostun village entrance road, Bulgaria
View of Gostun village central square

Gostun[2] (Bulgarian: Гостун) is a village (село) in southwestern Bulgaria, located in the Bansko Municipality (Община Банско) of the Blagoevgrad Province (област Благоевград). It is located on the eastern slopes of the Rhodope Mountains, east of Mesta river 17 kilometers southeast of Bansko, 54 kilometers southeast of Blagoevgrad and 103 kilometers southeast of Sofia.

Gostun is the birthplace of Ivan Lebanov - the first Bulgarian to win a Winter Olympic medal in 1980.

References

  1. ↑ "Таблици на населението по постоянен и настоящ адрес, предоставена на Министерство на финансите по чл.59 ал.3 от ЗОДФЛ (по области, общини и населени места). Обновява се годишно" [Tables of the population by permanent and current address, submitted to the Ministry of Finance under Art. 59, para. 3 of the Income Tax Act (by districts, municipalities and settlements). Updated annually] (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 2006-08-16.
  2. ↑ Gostun, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria at GEOnet Names Server