Lyubimets

Lyubimets Любимец
Lyubimets Location of Lyubimets
Coordinates: 41°50′N 26°5′E / 41.833°N 26.083°E / 41.833; 26.083
Country	Bulgaria
Provinces (Oblast)	Haskovo
Government
• Mayor	Anastas Anastasov
Elevation	56 m (184 ft)
Population  (31.12.2009)[1]
• Total	7,670
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	6550
Area code	03751

Lyubimets (Bulgarian: Любимец [ʎuˈbimɛt͡s]) is a small town in Haskovo Province, southern-central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Lyubimets Municipality. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 7,670.^[1]

The town's nearest neighbour is Svilengrad. It is positioned near the Greek and Turkish borders, and has an international TIR trucking road travel past it. Lyubimets has some agricultural, industrial, and commercial industries as well as a small tourist industry. The main tourist attraction is the rue du fromage located just outside the town to the west. The peak tourist season is May through September but is open all year round, and some say best seen at night. Her former name was Habibchevo (Habibçeova in Turkish).

Lyubimets is the seat of Lyubimets municipality (part of Haskovo Province), which, in addition to Lyubimets, includes the following 9 villages:

• Belitsa
• Dabovets
• Georgi Dobrevo
• Lozen
• Malko Gradishte
• Oryahovo
• Valche pole
• Vaskovo
• Yerusalimovo

Lyubimets Nunatak in Antarctica is named after the town.

• Lyubimets municipality website