Katunets

Katunets Катунец
Katunets Location within Bulgaria
Coordinates: 43°12′N 24°30′E
Country	Bulgaria
Province	Lovech
Municipality	Ugarchin
Government
• Mayor	Georgi Vytev
Elevation	215 m (705 ft)
Population  (15 December 2007)
• Total	512
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Katunets (Bulgarian: Катунец) is a Bulgarian village in the Municipality of Ugarchin, northern Bulgaria. The village is situated near the towns of Lovech and Pleven. The 43.5 km long Katuneshka river flows through the village.

History

The first document mentioning Katunets is from the Turkish registries in 1840. According to the newspaper "Stremlenie" from 25 February 1912 the population of the village was around 2 750 people at the time. Katunets has soldiers from the Balkan War, the First World War and the Second World War. The village school opened in 1914. A book about the village - "Katunets, small encyclopedia" was released by Vutzo Bobenski and Petar Bobenski.

Famous people

• Veselin Toetev Belomazhov — Bulgarian ambassador to Denmark from 2 February 1973 to 1 January 1977.