Kazichene

Kazichene
Казичене
Kazichene is located in Bulgaria
Kazichene
Kazichene
Location of Kazichene
Coordinates: 42°40′N 23°28′E / 42.667°N 23.467°E / 42.667; 23.467
Country Bulgaria
Province
(Oblast)		Sofia City
Government
 • MayorGrigor Grigorov
Elevation
570 m (1,870 ft)
Population
 (1.1.2007)
 • Total4,997
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
1532
Area code02992

Kazichene (Bulgarian: Казичене [kɐˈzit͡ʃɛnɛ]) is a large village in the Pancharevo district to the east of the Bulgarian capital of Sofia. As of 2007, the village officially had 4,977 inhabitants.[1] Because of its close proximity to the Sofia ring road and the nearby railroad, over the past decade the area has developed into an industrial-storage zone with a logistics center and offices of a number of prominent companies such as Werta Logistics, Balkan Steel Engineering, and the Chipita snacks factory.[2][3][4][5]

There is a large lake near Kazichene where the Litex water park is located. Built in the mid-1980s, today the park is the only place in Bulgaria offering boatless water skiing and wakeboarding.[6][7]

The village has a single football club, FC Kazichene, playing in the Bulgarian fourth division, known as the A OFG.[8] Several prominent footballers have ended their careers there, including Emil Kremenliev and Ivan Vasilev. The town is also known for being the birthplace of Plamen Krumov, a current Levski Sofia footballer, and Borislav Stoyanov, who plays for SV Schwarzhofen.

Kazichene Cove on Low Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Kazichene.[9]

  1. ^ Village of Kazichene Guide-Bulgaria.com Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  2. ^ Kazichene is turning into one of the most promising logistics zones near Sofia (in Bulgarian) Investor.bg 20 April 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  3. ^ Railway transports and transhipment of waggons at Kazichene railway station Archived 2010-03-29 at the Wayback Machine Werta.net 27 March 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  4. ^ Greek Chipita International unit to buy Bulgarian Royal Foods Dnevnik.bg 18 March 2004. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  5. ^ Balkan Steel Engineering - Store Houses Archived 2010-05-14 at the Wayback Machine BalkanSteel.com Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  6. ^ Hydropark Litex, Kazichene (in Bulgarian) Blueroom.info 2 July 2009 Retrieved 25 Match 2010.
  7. ^ Wakeboarding Weekend in Sofia Kitesurf-Varna.com Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  8. ^ 2009/10 Bulgarian A OFG Standings Archived 2010-02-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Bulgarian) Bulgarian-Football.com Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  9. ^ SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica: Kazichene Cove.