Chernomorets ( ) is a town on the

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coast of southeastern

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. Administratively part of

Sozopol Municipality Sozopol Municipality (, ) is located in the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and borders Burgas Municipality and Primorsko Municipality. The coast stretches 51 km of which 17.1 km are excellent beaches. There are many small bays a ...

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, Chernomorets is a popular

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. Chernomorets lies some southeast of the provincial capital

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, at the south coast of Burgas Bay, the

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's largest bay. Until 1951, it was known as Sveti Nikola (Свети Никола, "

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"). Chernomorets means "Black Sea man". Previously a village, it received

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on 2 December 2009 on the grounds that it met the demographic and infrastructure requirements due to its resort status. The town has a primary school, a kindergarten, and a cultural centre (''

chitalishte A ''chitalishte'' (, ) is a traditional Bulgarian public institution and building that fulfills several functions at once, such as a community centre, public library, and a theatre. It is also used as an educational institution, where people o ...

''). Chernomorets lies at the low northern slopes of the Strandzha mountain, between Cape Emine to the north and the Arkutino marshland to the south. To the east is St. Ivan Island, with

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to the southeast of the town along the seaside road. Chernomorets has an

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church dedicated to the town patron Saint Nicholas. A landscaped garden called the "

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" lies just in front of it.

Gallery

File:Hramsvetinikola.jpg, The Saint Nicholas Church File:Burgas-Ethnographic-museum-male-costume-Chernomorets.jpg, A traditional men's costume from the village File:Chernomorets-1.jpg, Overview of the town File:Chernomorets-2.jpg, Overview of the town

References

* Towns in Bulgaria Populated places in Burgas Province Seaside resorts in Bulgaria Populated coastal places in Bulgaria {{Burgas-geo-stub