The village of Ravnogor is located at 1350 metres above sea level in the area of Batak in the north-western Rhodope Mauntains. The peak Sveta Nedelia soars just above it. Climbing up its steep slopes, you can see the magnificent view that reveals. In the west, you can clearly see the village and the entire Ravnogorian plateau with its potato fields and forests. In the north there is the Trakia lowland and in the east and south stretch the Rhodopes. The deeply dug valley of river Vucha is clearly outlined and beyond it there is the mountain of Chernatitza with its peaks Modur and Persenk. The village was established upon the lands of the ancient Thracians, proof of which are the mounds, located in its territory. Its first name dates back from the time of the Ottoman slavery – the village was called Koria (meaning literally ‘forest’) and it gets its name with the acknowledgment of the village as an administrative unit in the Turkish empire in 1777. For the sake of the fact that the Turks did not manage to convert the then inhabitants to Mohammedanism, they called them ‘aksis’ (meaning ‘bad people’), and the village – Aksi Koria. After the liberation of Bulgaria with a decision of the municipal council the name of the village is changed to Iasu Koria (meaning ‘flat forest’). It was kept till 1934 when by a government decree it is replaced with the current name – Ravnogor (which is the Bulgarian equivalent of ‘flat forest’). At that time the main means of living were field farming and stock-breeding. Oats, rye, peas, vetch, beans, maize, lentil and potatoes were cultivated. Among the animals the biggest importance had goats, horses and cows.
     The territory of the village is 92 000 decars. Its frontiers are in the north-east – the lands of the village of Zhrebichko, in the east – the banks of river Vucha, in the south – the lands of the village of Fotinovo, in the south-west – the lands of the village of Nova Mahala, in the south-west – the lands of Rozovo village and the town of Bratzigovo.

Name: Ravnogor

Location: South central region

Distance to the capital: 118.721 km. to Sofia

Latitude: 41.95 N

Longitude: 24.367 E

Altitude: 1350m

District: Pazardjhik

Municipality: Bratsigovo

Area: 78.348 sq. km.

Population: 806 inhabitants

Postal code: 4582

Telephone code: 035501 from Bulgaria, 0035935501 from abroad