Koprivets
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Koprivets
Копривец | |
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  Koprivets Location of Koprivets | |
| Coordinates: 43°24.28′N 25°53.48′E / 43.40467°N 25.89133°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Area | |
• Total | 47.161 km2 (18.209 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 164 m (538 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 685[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Area code | 08125 |
Koprivets (Bulgarian: Копривец) is a village in northern Bulgaria, administered by the municipality of Byala and part of Ruse Province. It lies 50 km south of Ruse and 16 km east of Byala.
The village is on the left bank of the Baniski Lom river which joins with the Cherni Lom and Beli Lom rivers to produce the Rusenski Lom which flows into the River Danube near Ruse. Koprivets is next to the Popovski Hills (220– 296 m above sea level) in the Ludogorie hilly plateau region, part of the Danubian Plain.
The distance from the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, is 270 km.[2]
The surrounding countryside are a mosaic of farmland, forests and natural vegetation, which is quite sparsely populated with 34 inhabitants’ per square kilometre.[3] The area is in the Köppen climate classification category Dfa = Hot-summer humid continental climate. The average annual temperature in the area 13 °C. The warmest month is August when the average temperature is 33 °C and the coldest is January with −3 °C. The average rainfall is 34 millimeter per month. The wettest month is June, with an average 55 mm precipitation, and the driest months is August, with 17 mm rainfall. There are 277 days with no rain.[4]
