Tsaratsovo

Тsaratsovo (Bulgarian: Царацово) is a village in the Plovdiv Province, central Bulgaria. It is part of the Maritsa Municipality and as of 2007^[update] it has 2,216 inhabitants.

In 2007 a several million euro electronics plant was inaugurated in Tsaratsovo. It has a built-up area of 3,000 m² and employs 80 workers.^[1]

In the same year a new bicycle-producing factory was opened near the village. It has an area of 34,000 m² of which the built-up area is 23,600 m². The plant is going to produce 500,000 bicycles a year and employs more than 500 people. Large part of the production is exported to Russia, Serbia and Montenegro.^[2]

42°12′N 24°41′E / 42.200°N 24.683°E / 42.200; 24.683