Radnevo

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Radnevo
Radnevo (Bulgaria)
Radnevo
Radnevo
Location of Radnevo
Coordinates: 42°18′N 25°56′E / 42.3, 25.933
Country Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria
Provinces
(Oblast)
Stara Zagora
Government
 - Mayor Noncho Vodenicharov
Elevation 113 m (371 ft)
Population (13.09.2005)
 - Total 15,402
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code 6260
Area code(s) 0417

Radnevo (Раднево) is a town in southern Bulgaria, part of Stara Zagora Province. It is located in the eastern Upper Thracian Lowlands close to the Maritsa Iztok Complex.

Notable natives include Bulgarian Agrarian National Union politician Dimitar Dragiev (1869-1943), poet Geo Milev (1895-1925), Bulgarian international footballer Andrey Zhelyazkov (b. 1952) and popular pop-folk singer Desi Slava (b. 1979).