Benkovski, Varna Province

Benkovski is a village in the Avren Municipality in Varna Province in Northeast Bulgaria. The village is home to over 650 permanent residents, with roughly 40 temporary or seasonal residents. There are 2 grocery shops, and 2 hardware stores. There is a Kinder garden and 2 playgrounds. This small village is named after Georgi Benkovski.

Village life

The village holiday falls on the last Sunday of September. There are several institutions that support local village life; the Zora Community Center, a kindergarten, an Aerobics club for both youth and adults, and a football club.

Economy

Agriculture is the main industry in the village, with a focus on plum and sour cherry orchards. The SECASTA Company produces carved stone from a quarry near the village for the manufacture of fireplaces and is a major distributor of Deauville Fireplace products. There are also two furniture-making companies, a yacht sail making and repair workshop and a commercial snail farm in the village.[1]

  1. "Avren Municipality". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2010-08-20.

43°07′N 27°47′E

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