Official NSI EKATTE settlement record
Gorsko (Горско)
Village in Ivaylovgrad municipality, Haskovo province.
Find this settlement on a map
Official settlement reference location (latitude, longitude; WGS84): 41.422632, 25.837434.
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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
1 people registered at a permanent address; 0 at a current address; 0 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
- Горско
- EKATTE code
- 17169
- Settlement classification
- Village
- Municipality
- Ivaylovgrad (Ивайловград) (HKV11)
- Province
- Haskovo (Хасково) (HKV)
- Official elevation band (EKATTE)
- 300–499 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.
- Trains: Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) current journey planner ↗. Check the nearest station and date of travel. A listed municipality does not mean your village has a station.
- Local buses and roads: ask the municipality or transport operator for current routes, stops and winter schedules. Transport research checklist.
- 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
The recorded mayoralty centre is in a different settlement.
- Official area code
- HKV11-07
- Recorded centre
- Zhelezino (Железино) · 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: Ivaylovgrad (Ивайловград) (HKV11).
Published municipal website: https://ivaylovgrad.bg/контакти/.
Published email: oba_ivaylovgrad@abv.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
NSI displays a dash rather than a numeric population total or sex breakdown for this settlement in the 2025 table. A dash must not be interpreted as a confirmed zero population.
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 Ivaylovgrad (Ивайловград), 26.6 km in a straight line from the settlement reference point.
Five geographically closest other officially recorded settlements within the same province:
- Vis (Вис) (3.1 km straight-line)
- Kazak (Казак) (3.7 km straight-line)
- Vetrushka (Ветрушка) (4.0 km straight-line)
- Byalgradets (Бялградец) (6.2 km straight-line)
- Rozino (Розино) (6.6 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 steep or strongly varied surroundings. Approximate elevation at the settlement reference point: 442 m; sampled heights across a roughly 4 km area: 249–552 m.
Приблизителен релеф: стръмен или силно разчленен. Надморска височина в точката: 442 м; изследван диапазон: 249–552 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 tree-covered land.
2021 satellite sample: tree-covered land 95.9%; grassland 4.1%.
Най-големият установен клас земна покривка в околността е територии с дървесна растителност. Проби от 2021 г.: територии с дървесна растителност 95.9%; тревни площи 4.1%.
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: Gorsko (Горско) · Ivaylovgrad (Ивайловград) · Haskovo (Хасково).
Village-specific mapping gap: this particular OpenStreetMap research snapshot has no business or service record confidently associated with Gorsko. This does not mean that the village has no shops, tradespeople, farms or businesses. The evidence is incomplete.
Other settlements in Ivaylovgrad municipality with mapped leads
These locations are separate villages or towns, not services confirmed in Gorsko. Check local roads and transport before making plans.
- Mandritsa (Мандрица) · 1 mapped record
- Ivaylovgrad (Ивайловград) · 9 mapped records
- Kamilski dol (Камилски дол) · 2 mapped records
Browse mapped businesses across this province · Search Google Maps for local services ↗ · Municipality services and settlements
Evidence: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0), 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
NSI publishes a dash rather than a numeric 2025 population total for this settlement. It is not valid to describe that dash as zero residents or to rank the settlement by population.
What the physical geography means when researching property
The sampled surrounding terrain is strongly varied or steep; terrain elevation is approximately 442 metres at the official settlement coordinate. ESA WorldCover maps the largest share of sampled surrounding locations as tree-covered land.
- If considering woodland-adjacent property, check legally protected trees, access and official wildfire mapping. Satellite tree cover is not evidence of a specific restriction.
- Check the particular access road, retaining walls and drainage; the broad terrain sample does not establish the gradient of an individual plot.
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 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.
Plan a useful visit
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- Ask about year-round food shopping and healthcare.
- Check the exact plot identifier, road access and utility availability.
- Visit in different weather and speak with local residents.
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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.