Sopot, Pirot

Sopot is a village in the municipality of Pirot, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 367 people.

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Coordinates: 43°13′45″N 22°33′58″E / 43.22917°N 22.56611°E / 43.22917; 22.56611

Sopot

Sopot [ˈsɔpɔt] (Kashubian: Sopòt; German: Zoppot ( listen)) is a seaside resort town in Eastern Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000.

Sopot is a town with powiat (county) status, in Pomeranian Voivodeship. Until 1999 it was part of the Gdańsk Voivodeship. It lies between the larger cities of Gdańsk to the southeast and Gdynia to the northwest. The three cities together make up the metropolitan area of Tri-City.

Sopot is a major health-spa and tourist resort destination. It has the longest wooden pier in Europe, at 515.5 metres, stretching out into the Bay of Gdańsk. The city is also famous for its Sopot International Song Festival, the largest such event in Europe after the Eurovision Song Contest. Among its other attractions is a fountain of bromide spring water, known as the "inhalation mushroom".

Etymology

The name is thought to derive from an old Slavic word sopot meaning "stream" or "spring". The same root occurs in a number of other Slavic toponyms; it is probably onomatopeic, imitating the sound of running water - murmur (Šepot). (Today several streams run into the sea in the area of the town.)

Sopot railway station

Sopot is the main passenger railway station in Sopot, Poland.

General information

The station features two platforms, of which one functions as the regional commuter SKM stop. The platforms are accessible through two underpasses, one of which connects both tracks. The ticket offices are open all day long.

Station building

Most of the pre-war station and buildings no longer exist, except for the original platform roofs. The functionalist 1970s ticket building was torn down in 2013 to make way for a complete redevelopment of the entire station and its surrounding area. This development project is currently underway.

Lines crossing the station

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

External links

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Coordinates: 54°26′24″N 18°33′45″E / 54.4400°N 18.5625°E / 54.4400; 18.5625

Sopot (river)

Sopot is a small river in Poland. It originates near the Majdan Sopocki village and flows through Roztocze hills, passing through villages of Ciotusza Stara, Nowiny, Hamernia, and Osuchy. It is a tributary of Tanew.

The river flows through the Polish Landscape Park of Puszcza Solska and the Czartowe Pole nature preserve.

Coordinates: 50°23′09″N 22°59′47″E / 50.385719°N 22.996376°E / 50.385719; 22.996376

Pirot

Pirot (Serbian Cyrillic: Пирот) is a town and municipality located in south-eastern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the town has a total population of 38,785, while the population of the municipality is 57,928. The town is the administrative center of the Pirot District.

The municipality has rich geographical features, including the mountains of Stara Planina, Vlaška Planina, Belava, Suva Planina; rivers which flow through the town, including Nišava, Jerma, Rasnička Reka, Temštica and the Visočica; and four lakes, the Zavoj Lake, Berovacko Lake, Krupac Lake and Sukovo Lake.

The town has a rich culture, with notable Orthodox church buildings, including the Church of St. Petka, and the monastery of St. Georges and St. John the Theologian from the late 14th century, both of which display a fine example of medieval Serbian architecture. Pirot is known for its traditional woven carpet, the Pirot kilim (Pirotski ćilim).

Settlements

Aside from the town of Pirot, the municipality has over 70 settlements. In 2011, the municipality has 57,911 inhabitants: 93.8% Serbs, 3.0% Roma and 0.8% Bulgarians.