Radnevo

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Radnevo
Radnevo
Location of Radnevo
Coordinates: 42°18′N 25°56′E / 42.300°N 25.933°E / 42.300; 25.933Coordinates: 42°18′N 25°56′E / 42.300°N 25.933°E / 42.300; 25.933
Country Bulgaria
Province
(Oblast)
Stara Zagora
Government
  Mayor Yulian Ilchev
Elevation 113 m (371 ft)
Population (31.12.2009)[1]
  Total 13,384
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, located in the eastern Upper Thracian Lowlands close to the Maritsa Iztok Complex. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Radnevo Municipality. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 13,384 inhabitants.[1]

Notable natives include Bulgarian Agrarian National Union politician Dimitar Dragiev (1869–1943), poet Geo Milev (1895–1925), Bulgarian international footballer Andrey Zhelyazkov (b. 1952).

Honour

Radnevo Peak on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Radnevo.

References

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