Smolyan: facts

At a glance

• Country: Bulgaria
• Region: Smolyan
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 30,689
• Coordinates: 41.5744° N, 24.7120° E
• Time zone: Europe/Sofia (UTC+02:00 standard, UTC+03:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Lev (BGN)
• Distance to the capital, Sofia: 169 km (105 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Plovdiv International Airport (PDV): 56 km (35 mi), straight line
• Kavala Alexander the Great International Airport (KVA, Greece): 74 km (46 mi), straight line
• Alexandroupoli Democritus Airport (AXD, Greece): 131 km (82 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Zmievo: 10 km (6 mi)
• Rudozem: 15 km (9 mi)
• Zaevite: 16 km (10 mi)
• Adzharsko: 18 km (11 mi)
• Madan: 21 km (13 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Plovdiv, 65 km (40 mi)