List of twin towns and sister cities in Bulgaria
This is a list of places in Bulgaria having standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (though other terms, such as "partner towns" (pobratimeni gradove) or "sister cities" are sometimes used instead), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also comprises villages, cities, districts, counties, etc. with similar links.
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Beymelek (Demre), Turkey Roccafiorita, Italy
Bergama, Turkey Denpasar, Indonesia Derinkuyu, Turkey Dimitrovgrad, Serbia Kilkis, Greece Naousa, Greece Nilüfer, Turkey Prilep, North Macedonia Stary Oskol, Russia
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Boxberg, Germany Bran, Romania Cieszyn, Poland Galich, Russia Mangalia, Romania Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia Tambov, Russia Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic
Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia Petroșani, Romania Triandria, Greece Zakopane, Poland
Belleville-sur-Loire, France Devrek, Turkey Hajdúsámson, Hungary Lázně Bělohrad, Czech Republic Obninsk, Russia Popești-Leordeni, Romania Vigonza, Italy
Čakovec, Croatia Delčevo, North Macedonia Gornji Milanovac, Serbia Székesfehérvár, Hungary
D
Blida, Algeria Darkhan, Mongolia Dimitrovgrad, Russia Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany Grosseto, Italy Jiaojiang, China Kalamaria, Greece Kazincbarcika, Hungary Nowa Huta (Kraków), Poland Yuzhne, Ukraine
Białystok, Poland Golmud, China Izmail, Ukraine Kavadarci, North Macedonia Kırklareli, Turkey Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Pinsk, Belarus Saratov, Russia Schaffhausen, Switzerland Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
Grünheide, Germany Izabelin, Poland Krynychne, Ukraine Vysoké Mýto, Czech Republic
Altınova, Turkey Berovo, North Macedonia Bielsk Podlaski, Poland Bucșani, Romania Călărași, Moldova Prundu Bârgăului, Romania
G
Büyükçekmece, Turkey Cherepovets, Russia Myrhorod, Ukraine Narva, Estonia Roșiorii de Vede, Romania Smalyavichy, Belarus Statte, Italy Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary Waren an der Müritz, Germany
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Baranavichy, Belarus Bryansk, Russia Konin, Poland Vladimir, Russia
Babadag, Romania Bosilegrad, Serbia Çiftlikköy, Turkey Csopak, Hungary Kaarma (Saaremaa), Estonia Kostrzyn, Poland Kruševo, North Macedonia Michalovce, Slovakia Năvodari, Romania Padenghe sul Garda, Italy Pefki, Greece Petit-Croix, France Piazzola sul Brenta, Italy Podolsk, Russia Prizren, Kosovo Shcherbinka (Moscow), Russia Skarżysko-Kamienna, Poland Stare Babice, Poland Štip, North Macedonia Szente, Hungary Yuzhne, Ukraine Zaječar, Serbia
Alexandria, Egypt Blida, Algeria Cazzago San Martino, Italy Cremona, Italy Grasse, France Jinan, China Jungnang (Seoul), South Korea Kočani, North Macedonia Luxor, Egypt Nagykanizsa, Hungary Saint-Herblain, France Târgoviște, Romania Tolyatti, Russia Veria, Greece
Bechet, Romania Bosilegrad, Serbia Calafat, Romania Copeland, England, United Kingdom
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Băilești, Romania Debar, North Macedonia Moudania, Greece Pantelej (Niš), Serbia
M
Alpignano, Italy Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Białogard, Poland Caracal, Romania Dzerzhinsky, Russia Fontaine-Vercors, France Medijana (Niš), Serbia Pirot, Serbia Schmalkalden, Germany Vranje, Serbia Yinchuan, China Zhytomyr, Ukraine
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Kotor, Montenegro Mtskheta, Georgia Pestszentlőrinc-Pestszentimre (Budapest), Hungary Safranbolu, Turkey Zvyozdny gorodok, Russia
P
Boldești-Scăeni, Romania Leova, Moldova Łomża, Poland Pruzhany, Belarus Torrelodones, Spain
Balashikha, Russia Elektrostal, Russia Huai'an, China Jenin, Palestine Kavadarci, North Macedonia Lausanne, Switzerland Lublin, Poland Luhansk, Ukraine Orosei, Italy Orsha, Belarus Ovar, Portugal Pantelej (Niš), Serbia Pardubice, Czech Republic Pyongsong, North Korea Rožaje, Montenegro
Agadir, Morocco Brăila, Romania Bitola, North Macedonia Bursa, Turkey Central AO (Moscow), Russia Charlottesville, United States Chernivtsi, Ukraine Edessa, Greece Gornji Milanovac, Serbia Jinzhou, China Kaiserslautern, Germany Kavadarci, North Macedonia Ponta Delgada, Portugal Płock, Poland Rostov-on-Don, Russia Segovia, Spain Volos, Greece Yangquan, China
Bursa, Turkey Changchun, China Columbia, United States Daegu, South Korea Gyumri, Armenia Istanbul, Turkey Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Kastoria, Greece Košice, Slovakia Kumanovo, North Macedonia Leskovac, Serbia Luoyang, China Lviv, Ukraine Okayama, Japan Petra, Jordan Saint Petersburg, Russia Samarkand, Uzbekistan Shenzhen, China Thessaloniki, Greece Valencia, Venezuela
Ajak, Hungary Gorodets, Russia Nea Anchialos, Greece Troitsk, Russia Yenice, Turkey
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine Rokiškis, Lithuania
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Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Avcılar, Turkey Brunswick, United States Călărași, Romania Châlons-en-Champagne, France Odunpazarı, Turkey Oryol, Russia Slobozia, Romania Wittenberge, Germany Yangzhou, China
Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina Giurgiu, Romania Huainan, China Peristeri, Greece Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France Trogir, Croatia Újbuda (Budapest), Hungary Volgograd, Russia
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Kostroma, Russia
Ataşehir, Turkey Dzerzhinsky (Volgograd), Russia Freudenstadt, Germany Mělník, Czech Republic Navan, Ireland Novokosino (Moscow), Russia Thasos, Greece Voskresensk, Russia
Babruysk, Belarus Gevgelija, North Macedonia Legionowo, Poland Nanhai, China Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic
Călărași, Romania Dunaújváros, Hungary Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine Kikinda, Serbia Leskovac, Serbia Lüleburgaz, Turkey Promissão, Brazil Rzhev, Russia Sakuragawa, Japan Slobozia, Romania
Alba Iulia, Romania Chongqing, China Gera, Germany Jerash, Jordan Kaisariani, Greece Melitopol, Ukraine Pécs, Hungary Svietlahorsk, Belarus Taraclia, Moldova Tekirdağ, Turkey Ternopil, Ukraine Voronezh, Russia
Slivo Pole is a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union, alongside with:[65]
Bienvenida, Spain Bièvre, Belgium Bucine, Italy Cashel, Ireland Cissé, France Desborough, England, United Kingdom Esch (Haaren), Netherlands Hepstedt, Germany Ibănești, Romania Kandava, Latvia Kannus, Finland Kolindros, Greece Lassee, Austria Medzev, Slovakia Moravče, Slovenia Næstved, Denmark Nagycenk, Hungary Nadur, Malta Ockelbo, Sweden Pano Lefkara, Cyprus Põlva, Estonia Samuel (Soure), Portugal Starý Poddvorov, Czech Republic Strzyżów, Poland Tisno, Croatia Troisvierges, Bulgaria Žagarė (Joniškis), Lithuania
Controguerra, Italy Gostivar, North Macedonia Kispest (Budapest), Hungary Martinsicuro, Italy Michurinsk, Russia Motril, Spain Pendik, Turkey Suhl, Germany Võru, Estonia Xanthi, Greece Yalova, Turkey
Alushta, Ukraine Sighișoara, Romania
Bleicherode, Germany Călimănești, Romania Orneta, Poland Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Yessentuki, Russia
Güzelçamlı (Kuşadası), Turkey Târgu Mureș, Romania
Jastrebarsko, Croatia
Didymoteicho, Greece Feres, Greece Lefortovo (Moscow), Russia Oebisfelde-Weferlingen, Germany Soufli, Greece Uzunköprü, Turkey
Barcelos, Portugal Bijelo Polje, Montenegro Dębica, Poland Frigento, Italy Hrubieszów, Poland Ismailia, Egypt Kapuvár, Hungary Kremenchuk, Ukraine Ludza, Latvia Nafpaktos, Greece Prijepolje, Serbia Taizhou, China Veles, North Macedonia Videle, Romania Zheleznogorsk, Russia
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Dojran, North Macedonia Ellwangen, Germany Pernes-les-Fontaines, France Vigneux-sur-Seine, France
Tryavna is a member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of towns across the European Union.[87] Tryavna also has three other twin towns.[88]
Douzelage
Agros, Cyprus Altea, Spain Asikkala, Finland Bad Kötzting, Germany Bellagio, Italy Bundoran, Ireland Chojna, Poland Granville, France Holstebro, Denmark Houffalize, Belgium Judenburg, Austria Kőszeg, Hungary Marsaskala, Malta Meerssen, Netherlands Niederanven, Luxembourg Oxelösund, Sweden Preveza, Greece Rokiškis, Lithuania Rovinj, Croatia Sesimbra, Portugal Sherborne, England, United Kingdom Sigulda, Latvia Siret, Romania Škofja Loka, Slovenia Sušice, Czech Republic Türi, Estonia Zvolen, Slovakia
Other
Soroksár (Budapest), Hungary
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Maladzyechna, Belarus Silivri, Turkey Yakutsk, Russia
Calafat, Romania Demre, Turkey Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary Rivne, Ukraine West Carrollton, United States Zaječar, Serbia
Bor, Serbia Craiova, Romania Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany Kičevo, North Macedonia Kobryn, Belarus Serpukhov, Russia Sumy, Ukraine Villeneuve-le-Roi, France
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