Belitsa Municipality

The administrative center is the town of Belitsa and there are also 11 villages and the ski resort Semkovo.

Belitsa is situated on the southern foothills of Rila, while Semkovo is much higher and is actually the highest part of the municipality.

The territory includes parts of Rila, the Rhodopes, and the dale of the Mesta river.

East of the valley, on the river Belichka, there are parts of the eastern (Musalenski) section of the Rila Mountains.

The remains from that period have been found at the archaeological site Raven near Belitsa.

There are Thracian remains near Babyak and Belitsa, some of them with big importance – a wooden sarcophagus exposed in the historical museum in Belitsa and a marble plate with the images of Zeus and Hera, now in the National Historical Museum in Sofia.

Most of the people live in the town of Belitsa and in the villages near Mesta river.

The first church in Belitsa, dedicated to St Demetrius of Thessaloniki was built in 1716.

Harvesting are gardening are present only in the valley and sheep and goat farming in the mountains.

Regular bus lines run to Sofia, Plovdiv, Blagoevgrad, Velingrad, Razlog, Bansko and Yakoruda daily.

There are many natural phenomenons and interesting places near Belitsa, Babyak and Semkovo.

The picturesque nature offers a lot of places for sightseeing and picnic.

Stt Cyril and Methodius High school in Belitsa 1900–1920
Belitsa train station