Radnevo ( bg, Раднево ) is a town in southern
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
, part of
Stara Zagora Province, located in the eastern Upper
Thracian Lowlands. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous
Radnevo Municipality. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 13,384 inhabitants.
[Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - towns in 2009]
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The far east corner of Radnevo is the location of the Maritsa Iztok-2 power station
A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid.
Many ...
. This power station was ranked as the industrial facility that is causing the highest damage costs to health
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and the environment in Bulgaria and the entire European Union
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.Geo Milev
Geo Milev (born Georgi Milev Kasabov; , in Radne mahle – 15 May 1925, in Sofia) was a Bulgarian communist poet, translator and journalist. Geo Milev is perhaps best known for his epic communist poem ''Septemvri'', written during the Bulgar ...
(1895–1925), Bulgarian international footballer Andrey Zhelyazkov
Andrey Zhelyazkov ( bg, Андрей Желязков; born 9 July 1952 in Radnevo) is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a forward. He spent 12 years of his career playing for Slavia Sofia and is the club's all-time top goalscorer in ...
Honour
Radnevo Peak
Radnevo Peak ( bg, връх Раднево, vrah Radnevo, ) is a peak of elevation 481 m forming the southwest extremity of Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Kaliakra ...
on Livingston Island
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in the South Shetland Islands
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, Antarctica
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is named after Radnevo.
References
Towns in Bulgaria
Populated places in Stara Zagora Province
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