Vitosha, Sofia

Vitosha (Bulgarian: Витоша [ˈvitoʃɐ]) is one of the 24 districts[1] of Sofia, situated in the southern parts of the City on the foot of the Vitosha mountain. As of 2006 it has 42,953 inhabitants. The district includes 7 neighbourhoods: Boyana; Simeonovo; Dragalevtsi; Pavlovo; Buxton; Manastirski Livadi and Knyazhevo as well as two villages Vladaya and Marchaevo. It is among the richest and greenest districts in Sofia and Bulgaria with many beautiful residences, houses, villas and residential complexes.

Landmarks

Education

There are 8 schools and 7 chitalishta (something like a library) with 102,000 volumes.

The Lycée Français Victor Hugo, a French international school, is in the Maxi Complex in Vitosha.[2]

  1. "District Mayors". Sofia Municipality. Archived from the original on 2009-12-20. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
  2. "Contact." Lycée Français Victor Hugo. Retrieved on 14 May 2015. "Site MAXI COMPLEX complexe MAXI 110 Simeonovsko chaussée quartier Vitosha 1700 Sofia "
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