Official NSI EKATTE settlement record
Lyubimets (Любимец)
Town in Lyubimets municipality, Haskovo province.
Find this settlement on a map
Official settlement reference location (latitude, longitude; WGS84): 41.844496, 26.081029.
View the settlement on OpenStreetMap ↗
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
7,654 people registered at a permanent address; 6,976 at a current address; 6,559 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
- Любимец
- EKATTE code
- 44570
- Settlement classification
- Town
- Municipality
- Lyubimets (Любимец) (HKV17)
- Province
- Haskovo (Хасково) (HKV)
- Official elevation band (EKATTE)
- 50–99 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 ↗
Pharmacy permits recorded in this settlement
The national Bulgarian pharmacy-permit register currently lists 4 active permit entries with the pharmacy location coded to this exact settlement (EKATTE 44570). These are permits, not confirmation of current opening, available medicine, or access. Both the original Bulgarian address and an English transliteration are shown; the English line is a reading aid, not a verified postal translation. Confirm before travelling.
- FARMTAYM OOD (ФАРМТАЙМ ООД)
English address: Town Lyubimets, Street Vasil Levski No. 1
Bulgarian address: гр. Любимец, ул. Васил Левски № 1
Active permit listed:
АП-1036-2. Published operating hours, medicine stock and accepting patients have not been independently verified. - BULTOM EOOD (БУЛТОМ ЕООД)
English address: Town Lyubimets, Street Ivaylovgradska No. 9
Bulgarian address: гр. Любимец, ул. Ивайловградска № 9
Active permit listed:
АП-1957. Published operating hours, medicine stock and accepting patients have not been independently verified. - MAYA FARM EOOD (МАЯ ФАРМ ЕООД)
English address: Town Lyubimets, Street Tsarkovna No. 1
Bulgarian address: гр. Любимец, ул. Църковна № 1
Active permit listed:
АП-2602000742. Published operating hours, medicine stock and accepting patients have not been independently verified. - eS Vi Farma OOD (еС Ви Фарма ООД)
English address: Town Lyubomets, Street Byalo more No. 37
Bulgarian address: гр. Любомец, ул. Бяло море № 37
Active permit listed:
АП-2602000320-1. Published operating hours, medicine stock and accepting patients have not been independently verified.
Original Bulgarian public pharmacy permit register · Reviewed 18 October 2026 · Review due 18 November 2026.
Municipality contacts for local enquiries
Responsible municipality: Lyubimets (Любимец) (HKV17).
Published municipal website: https://www.lyubimets.bg/.
Published email: oba@lyubimets.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 ↗
Population at 31 December 2025
6,469 residents recorded by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute; 3,189 male and 3,280 female.
This dated town-level statistic is not a current headcount. Official NSI source ↗.
Nearby places and administrative centre
This settlement is the municipality's administrative centre.
Five geographically closest other officially recorded settlements within the same province:
- Georgi Dobrevo (Георги Добрево) (4.8 km straight-line)
- Momkovo (Момково) (5.6 km straight-line)
- Yerusalimovo (Йерусалимово) (5.9 km straight-line)
- Lozen (Лозен) (6.4 km straight-line)
- Belitsa (Белица) (6.5 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
Town or city in gently rolling surroundings. Approximate elevation at the settlement reference point: 70 m; sampled heights across a roughly 4 km area: 56–113 m.
Приблизителен релеф: леко хълмист. Надморска височина в точката: 70 м; изследван диапазон: 56–113 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 cropland.
2021 satellite sample: cropland 53.1%; built-up land 26.5%; grassland 12.2%; tree-covered land 6.1%.
Най-големият установен клас земна покривка в околността е обработваеми земи. Проби от 2021 г.: обработваеми земи 53.1%; застроени територии 26.5%; тревни площи 12.2%; територии с дървесна растителност 6.1%.
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: Lyubimets (Любимец) · Lyubimets (Любимец) · Haskovo (Хасково).
We found 23 mapped research records 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: 5 × Convenience / village food shop; 4 × Pub / tavern; 4 × Restaurant; 2 × Hotel; 2 × Postal or courier service; 1 × Café.
Named mapped leads worth checking
- Anzhel (Анжел) · Convenience / village food shop (Квартален или селски хранителен магазин) · View mapped source ↗
- George (Джордж) · Convenience / village food shop (Квартален или селски хранителен магазин) · View mapped source ↗
- Kalina (Калина) · Convenience / village food shop (Квартален или селски хранителен магазин) · View mapped source ↗
- Mangara (Мангъръ) · Convenience / village food shop (Квартален или селски хранителен магазин) · View mapped source ↗
- Marusya (Маруся) · Convenience / village food shop (Квартален или селски хранителен магазин) · View mapped source ↗
- Supermarket Dzhordzh (Супермаркет Джордж) · Supermarket (Супермаркет) · View mapped source ↗
- Mesarnitsa Market (Месарница Маркет) · Butcher's shop (Месарница) · View mapped source ↗
- Drago (Драго) · Hardware / ironmongery shop (Железария) · View mapped source ↗
- Nova-K (Нова-К) · Petrol / fuel station (Бензиностанция) · View mapped source ↗
- Lyubimets (Любимец) · Postal or courier service (Пощенски или куриерски услуги) (public or community facility, not a commercial shop) · View mapped source ↗
- PS Lyubimets (ПС Любимец) · Postal or courier service (Пощенски или куриерски услуги) (public or community facility, not a commercial shop) · View mapped source ↗
- 21 Grams · Café (Кафене) · View mapped source ↗
- CHiflika (Чифликъ) · Restaurant (Ресторант) · View mapped source ↗
- Bistro Alegro (Бистро Алегро) · Pub / tavern (Кръчма или механа) · View mapped source ↗
- Zakusvalnya Dzhordg (Закусвалня Джордг) · Takeaway / fast-food outlet (Заведение за бързо хранене) · View mapped source ↗
- Fantazia (Хотел Фантазия) · Hotel (Хотел) · View mapped source ↗
A selection of 16 is shown. See the full mapped research dataset using the link below.
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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
The 2025 NSI statistical population is 6,469 residents. Among the 10 settlements in Lyubimets municipality with published numeric totals, this is rank 1 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):
- Malko gradishte (Малко градище): 636 residents
- Lozen (Лозен): 381 residents
- Georgi Dobrevo (Георги Добрево): 292 residents
What the physical geography means when researching property
The sampled surrounding terrain is gently rolling; terrain elevation is approximately 70 metres at the official settlement coordinate. ESA WorldCover maps the largest share of sampled surrounding locations as cropland.
- For rural plots, confirm agricultural versus regulated building-land status, access rights and water arrangements with the municipality and property register.
- 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 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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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.