'September') is a town in Pazardzhik Province, Southern Bulgaria, located at the western end of the Upper Thracian Lowland, 19 km (12 mi) away to the west from the city of Pazardzhik.

[1] Four Thracian mounds[citation needed] and traces of two ancient cities - Greek[2] Pistiros and a Roman town that lies on Trayan's Drum were discovered near the town.

It has succeeded as an old Bulgarian settlement, which was destroyed in the late 14th century during the Ottoman onslaught.

The town was rebuilt at the end of the 15th century under the Turkish name of Sara Khan bey or Saranbey, after the liberation from Ottoman occupation in the beginning of the 20th century the name was changed to "Saranyovo",which later became Septemvri following the communist party's accend to power Septemvri developed into a typical railway town following the construction of the Haskovo–Belovo railway line in 1873.

The scenic Septemvri-Dobrinishte narrow gauge line to the Rhodopi mountain town of Dobrinishte over Bansko was constructed in 1945.