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'''Chernomorets''' ({{lang-bg|Черноморец}} {{IPA|bg|t͡ʃɛrnoˈmɔrɛt͡s|}}) is a town on the [[Black Sea]] coast of southeastern [[Bulgaria]]. Administratively part of [[Sozopol Municipality]], [[Burgas Province]], Chernomorets is a popular [[seaside resort]].

Chernomorets lies some {{convert|24|km|mi}} southeast of the provincial capital [[Burgas]], at the south coast of [[Burgas Bay]], the [[Bulgarian Black Sea Coast]]'s largest bay. Until 1951, it was known as '''Sveti Nikola''' (Свети Никола, "[[Saint Nicholas]]"). Chernomorets means "Black Sea man".

Previously a village, it received [[town privileges]] on 2 December 2009 on the grounds that it met the demographic and infrastructure requirements due to its resort status. The town has a primary school, a kindergarten, and a cultural centre (''[[chitalishte]]'').<ref name="focus">{{cite news|url=http://www.focus-news.net/?id=n1308296|title=Черноморец става град|date=2009-12-02|publisher=Информационна агенция "Фокус"|language=bg|access-date=6 December 2009}}</ref>

Chernomorets lies at the low northern slopes of the [[Strandzha]] mountain, between [[Cape Emine]] to the north and the [[Arkutino]] marshland to the south. To the east is [[St. Ivan Island]], with [[Sozopol]] to the southeast of the town along the seaside road.

Chernomorets has an [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] church dedicated to the town patron Saint Nicholas. A landscaped garden called the "[[Garden of Eden]]" lies just in front of it.

==Gallery==
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File:Hramsvetinikola.jpg|The Saint Nicholas Church
File:Burgas-Ethnographic-museum-male-costume-Chernomorets.jpg|A traditional men's costume from the village
File:Chernomorets-1.jpg|Overview of the town
File:Chernomorets-2.jpg|Overview of the town
</gallery>

==References==
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* {{cite web| url= http://sofiaglobe.com/2012/09/12/underwater-search-yields-treasure-trove-of-archaeological-finds-in-bulgarias-vromos-bay/#!prettyPhoto/0/| title= Underwater search yields treasure trove of archaeological finds in Bulgaria’s Vromos Bay| publisher= The Sofia Globe| date= 2012-09-12| access-date=2012-09-14}}

{{Cities of Bulgaria}}
{{Bulgarian Black Sea resorts}}
{{Sozopol Municipality}}

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[[Category:Towns in Bulgaria]]
[[Category:Populated places in Burgas Province]]
[[Category:Seaside resorts in Bulgaria]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Bulgaria]]


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