- 1,213,134 inhabitants (2025)
- 492.0 km² area
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Also written София.
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Born here 5,249
Boris III of Bulgaria (1894 – 1943), Simeon II (1937), Georgi Markov (1929 – 1978), Tzvetan Todorov (1939 – 2017), Stefan Danailov (1942 – 2019), Ivan Kostov (1949), Elisaveta Bagryana (1893 – 1991), Valeri Petrov (1920 – 2014), Stanislav Stratiev (1941 – 2000), Nina Dobrev (1989), Poli Genova (1987), Stoyanka Mutafova (1922 – 2019)
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Traicho Kostov (1897 – 1949), Cyril of Bulgaria (1901 – 1971), Pavel Vezhinov (1914 – 1983), Georgi Asparuhov (1943 – 1971), Iliana Iotova (1964), Irina Bokova (1952), Emil Kostadinov (1967), Meglena Kuneva (1957), Neophyte of Bulgaria (1945 – 2024), Antoaneta Stefanova (1979), Andrea (1987), Borislav Mihaylov (1963 – 2026), Nikola Petkov (1893 – 1947), Philip Dimitrov (1955), Kiril (1895 – 1945), Vera Mutafchieva (1929 – 2009), Sofi Marinova (1975), Itzhak Fintzi (1933), Henrieta Todorova (1933 – 2015), Kristalina Georgieva (1953), Ventseslav Konstantinov (1940 – 2019), Kosta Tsonev (1929 – 2012), Tatyana Lolova (1934 – 2021), Stefan Sofiyanski (1951), Leda Mileva (1920 – 2013), Parashkev Hadjiev (1912 – 1992), Vladimir Stoychev (1892 – 1990), Javor Gardev (1972), Ivan Duichev (1907 – 1986), Ilija Trojanow (1965), Hristo Shopov (1964), Delyan Peevski (1980), Nikolay Mihaylov (1988), Bogomil Raynov (1919 – 2007), Manuela Maleeva (1967), Stefan Bozhkov (1923 – 2014), Ivelin Popov (1987), Aleksandar Fol (1933 – 2006), Simeon Dyankov (1970), Alexander Yossifov (1940 – 2016), Sesil Karatantcheva (1989), Rosen Zhelyazkov (1968), Lyuben Berov (1925 – 2006), Alek Popov (1966 – 2024), Ognyan Gerdzhikov (1946), Manol Manolov (1925 – 2008), Mariana Popova (1978), Magdalena Maleeva (1975), Galab Donev (1967), Nikola Kotkov (1938 – 1971), Stefan Kostov (1879 – 1939), Krum Milev (1915 – 2000), Biser Kirov (1942 – 2016), Vili Kazasyan (1934 – 2008), Dobromir Zhechev (1942 – 2025), Boyan Petrov (1973 – 2018), Ivet Lalova-Collio (1984), Pavel Panov (1950 – 2018), Iossif Surchadzhiev (1945 – 2026), Pasha Hristova (1946 – 1971), Ivan Zafirov (1947 – 2025), Kristin Dimitrova (1963), Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria (1933), Stoyan Yordanov (1944 – 2025), Viktor Paskov (1949 – 2009), Emanuela (1981), Konstantin (1976), Vasil Naydenov (1950), Orlin Pavlov (1979), Georgi Naydenov (1931 – 1970), Kristian Vigenin (1975), Filip Trifonov (1947 – 2021), Kubrat Pulev (1981), Ivailo Kalfin (1964), Bogdan Bogdanov (1940 – 2016), Evgenia Radanova (1977), Nickolay Mladenov (1972), Zdravko Zdravkov (1970), Tsvetan Tsvetanov (1965), Nikolay Iliev (1964), Atanas Mihaylov (1949 – 2006), Emil Gargorov (1981), Assen Blatechki (1971), Camellia Todorova (1954), Dimitar Glavchev (1963), Bozhidar Iskrenov (1962), Yordanka Hristova (1943), Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria (1898 – 1985), Nadezhda Neynsky (1962), Dimitar Ivankov (1975), Krisko (1988), Veselin Beshevliev (1900 – 1992), Matey Kaziyski (1984), Radoslav Zdravkov (1956), Georgi Danailov (1936 – 2017), Maria Grozdeva (1972), Ludmil Staikov (1937), Lyuben Dilov Jr. (1964 – 2026), Nikola Anastasov (1932 – 2016), Dimitar Milanov (1928 – 1995), Ivan Venedikov (1916 – 1997), Mihail Belchev (1946 – 2026), Yana Marinova (1978), Assen Jordanoff (1896 – 1967), Angel Dzhambazki (1979), Stoyko Stoykov (1912 – 1969), Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria (1899 – 1958), Stanislav Angelov (1978), Lyubomir Ivanov (1952), Zahari Baharov (1980), Vladimir Penev (1958), Radina Borshosh (1997), Rositsa Kirilova (1963), Panayot Panayotov (1930 – 1996), Petia Miladinova (1962), Georgi Pachedzhiev (1916 – 2005), Rayna Katsarova (1901 – 1984), Kiril Metkov (1965), Dimitar Rangelov (1983), Aleksandar Kostov (1938 – 2019), Nikolaj Sevastiyanov (1969), Alexis Weissenberg (1929 – 2012), Mihail Aleksandrov (1989), Ivan Stranski (1897 – 1979), Kiril Marichkov (1944 – 2024), Ivaylo Hristov (1955), Kiril Kotev (1982), Teodora Duhovnikova (1977), Blagoy Georgiev (1981), Deyan Enev (1960), Vanya Petkova (1944 – 2009), Anton Gorchev (1939 – 2000), Ivan Slavkov (1940 – 2011), Daniel Mitov (1977), Hristo Ivanov (1974), Mirela Ivanova (1962), Adalbert Zafirov (1969), Bogdana Karadocheva (1949) …
Died here 5,674
Vasil Levski (1837 – 1873), Todor Zhivkov (1911 – 1998), Ivan Vazov (1850 – 1921), Boris III of Bulgaria (1894 – 1943), Vasil Kanchov (1862 – 1902), Stefan Stambolov (1854 – 1895), Lyubomir Miletich (1863 – 1937), Bogdan Filov (1883 – 1945), Peyo Yavorov (1878 – 1914), Zhelyu Zhelev (1935 – 2015), Petko Slaveykov (1827 – 1895), Elin Pelin (1877 – 1949)
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Nikola Vaptsarov (1909 – 1942), Pancho Vladigerov (1899 – 1978), Andrey Lyapchev (1866 – 1933), Dimitŭr Nikolov Mishev (1854 – 1932), Dimitar Blagoev (1856 – 1924), Valko Chervenkov (1900 – 1980), Yordan Radichkov (1929 – 2004), Geo Milev (1895 – 1925), Vasil Kolarov (1877 – 1950), Stefan Danailov (1942 – 2019), Ivan Evstratiev Geshov (1849 – 1924), Peter Deunov (1864 – 1944), Hristo Smirnenski (1898 – 1923), Petko Karavelov (1843 – 1903), Elisaveta Bagryana (1893 – 1991), Dragan Tsankov (1828 – 1911), Konstantin Stoilov (1853 – 1901), Dimitar Talev (1898 – 1966), Stefan Mladenov (1880 – 1963), Blaga Dimitrova (1922 – 2003), Kliment of Tarnovo (1841 – 1901), Valeri Petrov (1920 – 2014), Stanislav Stratiev (1941 – 2000), Boris Sarafov (1872 – 1907), Aleksandar Protogerov (1867 – 1928), Dora Gabe (1885 – 1983), Vasil Zlatarski (1866 – 1935), Stefan Verković (1821 – 1893), Nevena Kokanova (1938 – 2000), Anton Donchev (1930 – 2022), Lyudmila Zhivkova (1942 – 1981), Dimitar Penev (1945 – 2026), Stoyanka Mutafova (1922 – 2019), Krste Misirkov (1874 – 1926), Traicho Kostov (1897 – 1949), Baba Vanga (1911 – 1996), Kuzman Shapkarev (1834 – 1909), Emil Dimitrov (1940 – 2005), Yordan Ivanov (1872 – 1947), Cyril of Bulgaria (1901 – 1971), Pavel Vezhinov (1914 – 1983), Simeon Radev (1879 – 1967), Petar Mladenov (1936 – 2000), Stoyan Danev (1858 – 1949), Andrey Lukanov (1938 – 1996), Aleksandar Malinov (1867 – 1938), Atanas Dalchev (1904 – 1978), Georgi Kaloyanchev (1925 – 2012), Anastas Ishirkov (1868 – 1937), Bozhidar Dimitrov (1945 – 2018), Todor Kolev (1939 – 2013), Todor Burmov (1834 – 1906), Gyorche Petrov (1865 – 1921), Neophyte of Bulgaria (1945 – 2024), Vladimir Dimitrov (1882 – 1960), Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma (1870 – 1899), Emiliyan Stanev (1907 – 1979), Joseph I of Bulgaria (1840 – 1915), Petar Zhekov (1944 – 2023), Borislav Mihaylov (1963 – 2026), Nikola Petkov (1893 – 1947), Stanko Todorov (1920 – 1996), Dobri Hristov (1875 – 1941), Angel Wagenstein (1922 – 2023), Nikolay Haytov (1919 – 2002), Maxim of Bulgaria (1914 – 2012), Đoko Rosić (1932 – 2014), Ivan Kostov Nikolov (1914 – 2004), Ivan Tsonchev (1859 – 1910), Anton Yugov (1904 – 1991), Mihail Gerdzhikov (1877 – 1947), Kiril (1895 – 1945), Vera Mutafchieva (1929 – 2009), Georgi Karaslavov (1904 – 1980), Katya Paskaleva (1945 – 2002), Lyubomir Pipkov (1904 – 1974), Rangel Valchanov (1928 – 2013), Vladimir I. Georgiev (1908 – 1986), Henrieta Todorova (1933 – 2015), Todor Pavlov (1890 – 1977), Lyubomir Levchev (1935 – 2019), Stoyan Mihaylovski (1856 – 1927), Angel Karaliychev (1902 – 1972), Ventseslav Konstantinov (1940 – 2019), Mikhail Arnaudov (1878 – 1978), Kosta Tsonev (1929 – 2012), Tatyana Lolova (1934 – 2021), Hristo Silyanov (1880 – 1939), Ekaterina Karavelova (1860 – 1947), Venko Markovski (1915 – 1988), Leda Mileva (1920 – 2013), Parashkev Hadjiev (1912 – 1992), Kiril Hristov (1875 – 1944), Vladimir Stoychev (1892 – 1990), Nikola Mushanov (1872 – 1951), Svetoslav Minkov (1902 – 1966), Dechko Uzunov (1899 – 1986), Konstantin Muraviev (1893 – 1965), Dimitar Peshev (1894 – 1973), Ilia Beshkov (1901 – 1958), Dimitar Petkov (1858 – 1907), Ivan Duichev (1907 – 1986), Lyudmil Stoyanov (1886 – 1973), Ivan Kolev (1930 – 2005), Ivan Bogorov (1818 – 1892), Andrey Toshev (1867 – 1944), Bogomil Raynov (1919 – 2007), Stefan Bozhkov (1923 – 2014), Hristo Matov (1869 – 1922), Aleksandar Fol (1933 – 2006), Georgi Georgiev-Getz (1926 – 1996), Dimo Hadzhidimov (1875 – 1924), Hristo Lukov (1887 – 1943), Georgi Todorov (1858 – 1934), Dimitar Grekov (1847 – 1901), Aleksandar Teodorov-Balan (1859 – 1959), Alexander Yossifov (1940 – 2016), Atanas Semerdzhiev (1924 – 2015), Ivan Fichev (1860 – 1931), Nikola Ivanov (1861 – 1940), Ivan Andonov (1934 – 2011), Lyuben Berov (1925 – 2006), Radoy Ralin (1922 – 2004), Naum Shopov (1930 – 2012), Chudomir (1890 – 1967), Filip Kutev (1903 – 1982), Christo Christov (1926 – 2007), Ivan Bagrianov (1891 – 1945), Veselin Stoyanov (1902 – 1969), Vladimir Poptomov (1890 – 1952), Petko Staynov (1896 – 1977), Aleksandar Balabanov (1879 – 1955), Nikolay Rainov (1889 – 1954), Georgi Traykov (1898 – 1975), Manol Manolov (1925 – 2008), Georgi Cherkelov (1930 – 2012), Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841 – 1895), Svetlin Rusev (1933 – 2018) …
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