Kresna

Kresna Кресна
Kresna Кресна Location of Kresna
Coordinates: 41°44′N 23°9′E
Country	Bulgaria
Provinces (Oblast)	Blagoevgrad
Government
• Mayor	Ilian Krastev
Elevation	232 m (761 ft)
Population
• Total	3,987
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	2940
Area code(s)	07433

Kresna (Bulgarian: Кресна [ˈkrɛsnɐ]) is a town and the seat of Kresna Municipality in Blagoevgrad Province in Bulgaria.

It is located in the southwestern part of Bulgaria.

Geography

The town of Kresna lies in Sandanski–Petrich Valley at the north end of the Kresna Gorge of the Struma River at the foot of Pirin mountain. The Melo hills are striking sandstone formations. There are also larger sandstone hills near Melnik, the Melnik Earth Pyramids. The old name of Kresna is Pirin.

Transportation

Kresna lies on the route E79, which leads from Sofia to the Greek border.

Namesakes

Kresna Gully on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Kresna.