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Mesta, Bulgaria

Coordinates: 41°45′N 023°41′E / 41.750°N 23.683°E / 41.750; 23.683
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41°45′N 023°41′E / 41.750°N 23.683°E / 41.750; 23.683

Mesta
Места
Village
Mesta is located in Bulgaria
Mesta
Mesta
Coordinates: 41°45′N 23°41′E / 41.750°N 23.683°E / 41.750; 23.683
Country Bulgaria
ProvinceBlagoevgrad Province
MunicipalityBansko
Government
 • MayorGeorgi Toskov (NDSV)
Elevation
920 m (3,020 ft)
Population
 (15-12-2010 [1])
 • Total
248
 GRAO
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
2772
Area code074409

Mesta[2] (Bulgarian: Места) is a village in southwestern Bulgaria, located in the Bansko Municipality of the Blagoevgrad Province. The village is situated alongside of the secondary road 19 from Razlog to Drama on the right bank of Mesta River. The first houses were erected there after 1914 year. It was part of the village Obidim with the old name Obidimski hanove until 1965 year, when it was separated as different village and named Mesta. There are a kindergarten, a primary school "Stt Cyril and Methodius" and a community center "Ivan Kyulev" with a public library. Small restaurants and guest-houses for the tourists have been opened in the recent years.

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