Nevestino, Kyustendil Province

Nevestino
Невестино
Nevestino community centre (chitalishte)
Nevestino community centre (chitalishte)
Nevestino is located in Bulgaria
Nevestino
Nevestino
Location of Nevestino
Coordinates: 42°15′N 22°51′E / 42.250°N 22.850°E / 42.250; 22.850
Country Bulgaria
Provinces (Oblast)Kyustendil
Government
 • MayorDimitar Stamenkov
Population
 (2008)[1]
 • Total653
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
2595
Area code07915

Nevestino (Bulgarian: Невестино, pronounced [nɛˈvɛstino]) is a village in southwestern Bulgaria, part of Kyustendil Province. It is the administrative centre of Nevestino municipality, which lies in the central part of Kyustendil Province.

The village lies 13 kilometres from the provincial capital of Kyustendil, on both banks of the Struma River and near the Kyustendil-Dupnitsa and Kyustendil-Boboshevo-Blagoevgrad roads. Nevestino was first mentioned in 1576 under the name Gospozhino pole (Госпожино поле, "lady's field"); a parallel Ottoman Turkish name was Köprü ("[the] bridge"), referring to the famous bridge Kadin most in the village, which has existed since 1470. Nevestino's name roughly means "the bride's [place, field]", from the word nevesta (невеста), "bride", attested in Old Bulgarian НЄВѢСТА.[1]

  1. ^ Чолева-Димитрова, Анна М. (2002). Селищни имена от Югозападна България: Изследване. Речник (in Bulgarian). София: Пенсофт. p. 149. ISBN 954-642-168-5. OCLC 57603720.