Official NSI EKATTE settlement record

Fakia (Факия)

Village in Sredets municipality, Burgas province.

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Official settlement reference location (latitude, longitude; WGS84): 42.187937, 27.086823.

Source: NSI EKATTE spatial register, version 2025.1 ↗, reference date 31 December 2025. This is a geographic reference point, not a verified street address, road access, parcel boundary or proof of local services.

Registered addresses, 15 September 2026

280 people registered at a permanent address; 428 at a current address; 202 with both addresses in this settlement.

These GRAO administrative registrations are not an estimate of physically present residents and are different from NSI statistical population. Official GRAO September 2026 table ↗.

Verified administrative facts

Bulgarian name: Факия
EKATTE code: 76039
Settlement classification: Village
Municipality: Sredets (Средец) (BGS06)
Province: Burgas (Бургас) (BGS)
Official elevation band (EKATTE): 100–199 m Settlement classification band, not a plot survey

Research healthcare, transport and utilities

These are research sources, not verified services at this address. A municipality-level provider list does not prove that any particular village has a GP, railway stop, bus, mains water or functioning electrical connection.

Doctors and healthcare: NHIF official contracted medical practitioners search ↗ and UK-to-Bulgaria healthcare guide. Search by the appropriate municipality or province; verify practice locations, new-patient acceptance and opening hours directly.
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Electricity: ERM West ↗, Elektrorazpredelenie Yug ↗, and Electrodistribution North ↗. Identify the actual network operator and obtain written connection conditions for the cadastral plot. Read the rural utilities guide.
Water, wastewater and waste collection: ask the serving water company and municipality for specific connection feasibility, metering, drainage and collection arrangements. Do not infer that a neighbouring house has the same services.

Official sources checked 17 October 2026; individual providers, routes, opening hours and services are not yet locally verified. How to verify before buying ↗

Mayoralty area recorded by NSI

This settlement is the recorded mayoralty centre.

Official area code: BGS06-23
Recorded centre: Fakia (Факия) · View centre settlement

This describes the NSI EKATTE administrative grouping, not a verified staffed office, postal address or present-day service availability. Confirm which office handles your enquiry with the municipality.

Municipality contacts for local enquiries

Responsible municipality: Sredets (Средец) (BGS06).

Published municipal website: https://sredets.bg/.

Published email: info@sredets.bg (inbox receipt untested).

Ask the municipality about local administrative enquiries, building-permit procedures and council services. This is a municipality-level contact, not proof of a local office, healthcare provider, bus connection, utility connection or accessible service in this village.

Contact source captured 2026-10-17. Details can change; confirm with the authority before travel or sending personal information. Published authority source ↗

Village population at 31 December 2025

352 residents in total, comprising 185 male and 167 female residents.

Source: Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, settlement population by sex (2025) ↗. This is a dated official statistical figure, not a live headcount.

Nearby places and administrative centre

The administrative centre of this municipality is Sredets (Средец), 19.1 km in a straight line from the settlement reference point.

Five geographically closest other officially recorded settlements within the same province:

Dolno Yabalkovo (Долно Ябълково) (6.4 km straight-line)
Momina tsarkva (Момина църква) (7.7 km straight-line)
Slivovo (Сливово) (7.8 km straight-line)
Golyamo Bukovo (Голямо Буково) (8.0 km straight-line)
Valchanovo (Вълчаново) (8.4 km straight-line)

Distances use official NSI 2025.1 settlement reference coordinates and a straight-line calculation. They are not road distances, journey times, accessible routes, evidence of shops or medical services, or parcel locations. A place in a neighbouring province may be closer than those listed. Official NSI spatial data ↗.

Local landscape and terrain

Village in gently rolling surroundings. Approximate elevation at the settlement reference point: 188 m; sampled heights across a roughly 4 km area: 185–299 m.

Приблизителен релеф: леко хълмист. Надморска височина в точката: 188 м; изследван диапазон: 185–299 м.

Derived from Mapzen open elevation tiles around the official NSI settlement point, not an official land-use or mountain-region designation. This does not establish road access, vegetation, water, flood risk or property-level slope. Elevation source ↗; Attribution ↗.

Woodland, farmland and nearby land cover

The largest mapped category around this settlement is grassland.

2021 satellite sample: grassland 46.9%; tree-covered land 40.8%; cropland 12.2%.

Най-големият установен клас земна покривка в околността е тревни площи. Проби от 2021 г.: тревни площи 46.9%; територии с дървесна растителност 40.8%; обработваеми земи 12.2%.

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m pixels), sampled at 49 positions across roughly 3 km by 3 km around the official NSI settlement point. Percentages describe the sampled points, not exact area shares, and are not a 2026 survey. This does not establish land ownership, farming permissions, planning zones, business activity, current vegetation or conditions of any property. ESA WorldCover source ↗; Dataset and citation ↗.

Businesses, shopping and everyday services

Locality: Fakia (Факия) · Sredets (Средец) · Burgas (Бургас).

We found 1 mapped research record associated with this settlement. These are possible local businesses and facilities, not a verified inventory of operating premises. The mapping method cannot prove that a feature is within the village or town boundary.

Mapped categories include: 1 × Postal or courier service.

Named mapped leads worth checking

PS Fakiya (ПС Факия) · Postal or courier service (Пощенски или куриерски услуги) (public or community facility, not a commercial shop) · View mapped source ↗

Other settlements in Sredets municipality with mapped leads

These locations are separate villages or towns, not services confirmed in Fakia. Check local roads and transport before making plans.

Golyamo Bukovo (Голямо Буково) · 1 mapped record
Sredets (Средец) · 11 mapped records
Zornitsa (Зорница) · 1 mapped record
Debelt (Дебелт) · 1 mapped record

Browse mapped businesses for this settlement · Search Google Maps for local services ↗ · Municipality services and settlements

Evidence: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0), 19 October 2026 research snapshot. Attribution and licence ↗. Mapped names, service classifications and associations are unverified leads. No opening hours or active-business status is asserted. Suggest a correction.

How this place compares within its municipality

The 2025 NSI statistical population is 352 residents. Among the 33 settlements in Sredets municipality with published numeric totals, this is rank 6 by population (counting joint ranks for equal totals). This is a settlement-size comparison, not a judgement about amenities or quality of life.

Comparable settlements in this municipality (NSI 2025):

What the physical geography means when researching property

The sampled surrounding terrain is gently rolling; terrain elevation is approximately 188 metres at the official settlement coordinate. ESA WorldCover maps the largest share of sampled surrounding locations as grassland.

Where grazing or farmland is nearby, ask about access, land classification and any neighbouring agricultural use at the particular parcel.
Check access and drainage at the property; the terrain classification describes an area rather than a particular driveway.

These are research prompts derived from mapped evidence, not findings about a particular road, property, business or planning decision. A village can vary considerably from its sampled surroundings.

Based on the NSI statistical settlement population at 31 December 2025, NSI EKATTE identities, Mapzen/Tilezen terrain samples and ESA WorldCover 2021 land-cover samples. Analysis assembled 20 October 2026 by PluginPip Ltd. These sources do not prove current local services or property permissions. NSI population ↗; Terrain data ↗; ESA land-cover data ↗. Suggest a correction.

What still needs local verification

Current residents, local shops, water and electricity connections, school and medical services, road condition, mobile coverage, property prices and local flood risk are not verified for this settlement. Check each at the address and with the relevant municipality or service provider.

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Source: NSI official EKATTE 2025 administrative register. Population figures are deliberately omitted until matched to a dated NSI population record for this exact EKATTE identity. This profile combines official settlement evidence and satellite-derived landscape analysis; operational local services and individual property conditions still require independent checking.