Bansko – city in the Pirin part of Macedonia, Republic of Bulgaria with 9,384 h. (1992). It is located in the northern foot of Mount Pirin, on the southwest side of the r. Glaze. Through B. It passes the regional road Blagoevgrad-Razlog-Goce Delchev. After the valley of places to B. touches the impact of the changed Mediterranean climate. As a settlement was formed in IX and ⅹ c. by attaching several neighborhoods. In written documents for the first time mentioned in 1576. The city quickly develops in the second half of ⅹⅴⅰⅰⅰ and the beginning of ⅹⅰⅹ c. Then it becomes an important trade-craft center in Northeast Macedonia. As a result of economic progress, original buildings were built, some and today they were preserved. In 1838 Within the church, a wholesale cell school was built, and an artistic school, in which known iconomics from the Debar region worked. The population of B. He actively participated in the Ilinden Uprising, however, after the suppression of the uprising, many families were forced to leave the city and move to Sofia and other cities of Bulgaria. Then his population decreases from 6,500 h., As counted in 1900. to 4,532 h. In 1920 In recent years it begins to stagnate, and it is reduced. So, while in 1985 In B. lived 10,015 h., in 1992 That number decreases at 9,384 h. By industrial buildings in B. There is an office for telephone, factory for chairs “Pirin”, a children’s toy factory, has a well-developed commercial network and modern catering facilities. The city is a famous winter-sports center with more skillifts that lead to the ski slopes of North Pirin. LIT. : Ivan Batacliev, City of Bansko, Slavyani, 1972. Al. ST.
Original article in Macedonian language Cyrillic alphabet
Кириличен напис БАНСКО