Lesnovo, Bulgaria
Coordinates: 42°38′N 23°38′E / 42.633°N 23.633°E
Lesnovo (Bulgarian: Лесново) is a village in central western Bulgaria, part of Elin Pelin municipality, Sofia Province. As of 2006[update] it has 1,829 inhabitants. The village came into existence in 16-17th centuries. Lesnovo has a three-domed Eastern Orthodox church of St Archangel Michael, a rare design for Bulgaria, dating to the early 20th century; it also features pointed arches. Lesnovo Airport, a small new private airport, is located near the village.[1]
Lesnovo lies in the eastern Sofia Valley, between the Balkan Mountains to the north and Sredna Gora to the southeast. The Lesnovo River, a tributary of the Iskar, flows nearby. The village's name is derived from the word les (лес, "forest") with the Slavic suffix -ovo, as reflected in the older Ottoman name Ormanlı and its Bulgarianized version Ormanliya.
Lesnovo has a community centre (chitalishte) called Immortality and a school founded in 1879.
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