Хърсово

Appellation

Хърсово is an appellation in Bulgaria in Sandanski Municipality.

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Key facts

Type: ЗНП (PDO)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2007-05-10
Area: 97,981 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 39.5 × 42.63 km
Centre: 41.5576° N, 23.3948° E
Grapes: Shiroka Melnishka Loza
Min planting density: 1,112 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 9.3 km east of Sandanski
Nearest city: 24 km north-east of Petrich 30,722 people
To the sea: 93 km
Rivers nearby: Truma (12 km)
Same latitude: Kakheti (Georgia), Western Connecticut Highlands (United States), South Islands (Canada), Huanren icewine (China)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation: 90–2,783 m
Mean elevation: 970 m

Measured over the whole outline on 75,385 elevation cells of about 114 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 1

Sandanski Municipality

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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