Leshten
Local name: Лещен
Located in Gorno Drjanovo, Garmen Coordinates: 41°38′00″ N 23°50′00″ E
- Population
- 24
- 24
- Elevation
- 1,044 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+02:00
- Europe/Sofia · UTC+02:00
- Airports
- PDV Plovdiv International Airport97 km
- KVA Kavala Alexander the Great International Airport104 km
About Leshten
Leshten is a village. Location: Gorno Drjanovo, Garmen. Population: 24. Elevation: 1,044 m.
Leshten (Bulgarian: Лещен) is a mountainous village in Garmen Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. It is situated in the Dabrash part of the Rhodope Mountains, 5 kilometers north of Garmen, 75 kilometers southeast of Blagoevgrad and 2 kilometers south of Gorno Dryanovo on the road between Garmen and Kovachevitsa. In the early years of the 20th century it was a busy village with more than 500 inhabitants, most of them non-Muslim.
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Photos of Leshten
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Population of Leshten over time
| 2014 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2025 | 9 |
Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.
Climate of Leshten
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–September.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 8° · Night -1° · Rain 54 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 25°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -6°)
- Wettest month
- May (59 mm)
- Driest month
- September (31 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 2° | 4° | 8° | 13° | 18° | 23° | 25° | 25° | 21° | 15° | 8° | 3° |
| Average low (°C) | -6° | -5° | -2° | 2° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 12° | 8° | 4° | -1° | -4° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 42 | 40 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 59 | 45 | 34 | 31 | 42 | 54 | 52 |
Other places to visit in this season: June July August September
How to get to Leshten
The nearest airport is Plovdiv International Airport (PDV), 97 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Plovdiv, 96 km to the northeast.
Airports
- Plovdiv International Airport (PDV) Plovdiv 97 kmnortheast
- Kavala Alexander the Great International Airport (KVA) Kavala 104 kmsoutheast
- Sofia Airport (SOF) Sofia 123 kmnorth
Nearby large cities
- Plovdiv Population: 329.5K 96 kmnortheast
- Sofia Population: 1.2M 125 kmnorth
- Stara Zagora Population: 121.6K 174 kmnortheast
- Skopje Population: 474.9K 204 kmwest
- Edirne Population: 180K 227 kmeast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Leshten
Within 100 km: 9 historic and cultural sites, 26 natural sites.
25–60 km9 places
- Kapnótopos Historic site 47 kmSW
- Ekklisia Zoodochos Pigi Attraction 59 kmSE
- Vihren Mountain 39 kmNW
- Mangar Tepe Mountain 30 kmW
60–100 km26 places
- Amygdalochóri Historic site 89 kmS
- Makryótissa Historic site 78 kmSW
- Golak Mountain 96 kmW
- Ogražden Mountain 81 kmW
Straight-line distances.
Sources & licences
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