Elin Pelin Municipality

The relief of the municipality is varied. To the north lies a short stretch of the Balkan Mountains topped by the summit of Murgash (1,687 m), which is the highest point of the administrative division. In its center are the eastern reaches of the Sofia Valley and further south rise the northern slopes of the Sredna Gora mountain range.^[2]

The most important river is the Lesnovska reka, a right tributary of the Iskar of the Danube drainage. Its tributaries, the Eleshnitsa and the Makotsevska reka, drain the remained of the municipal territory. In the upper course of the Lesnovska reka is the Ognyanovo Reservoir.^[2]

Elin Pelin Municipality has a strategic location in terms of connectivity and is traversed by major national and international routes. There are seven roads of the national network with a total length of 86.9 km, as well as local road, including an 8.1 km section of the Trakiya motorway (A1), a 16 km section of the Hemus motorway (A2), an 18.8 km stretch of the first class I-1 road Vidin–Sofia–Blagoevgrad–Kulata, an 11.8 km section of the first class I-6 road Gyueshevo–Sofia–Karlovo–Burgas, a 10.1 km stretch of the first class I-8 road Kalotina–Sofia–Plovdiv–Kapitan Andreevo, the whole 17.4 km length of the third class III-105 road, and the last 4.7 km of the third class III-6002 road.^[3][4]

It is also traversed by a 15.6 km section of railway line No. 1 Kalotina–Sofia–Plovdiv–Kapitan Andreevo, a 5.7 km stretch of railway line No. 3 Sofia–Karlovo–Sliven–Karnobat–Varna, and the final 6.5 km of the railway between Vakarel and Garba.^[4]

As of 2024 the population of Elin Pelin Municipality is 22,841, living in one town and 18 villages:^[1]

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  Elin Pelin Town Hall
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  A church in Elin Pelin (village)
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  Gabra
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  Bogdanlia