Gostun, Bulgaria

For other uses, see Gostun (disambiguation).

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Village
Gostun
Coordinates: 41°48′N 23°41′E
Country	Bulgaria
Province	Blagoevgrad Province
Municipality	Bansko
Government
• Suffragan Mayor	Iliya Belev
Area
• Total	52,425 km2 (20,241 sq mi)
Elevation	1,028 m (3,373 ft)
Population  (15-12-2010 )
• Total	69
	GRAO
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	2773
Area code	074409

Gostun village entrance road, Bulgaria

View of Gostun village central square

Gostun (Bulgarian: Гостун) is a village (село) in southwestern Bulgaria, located in the Bansko Municipality (Община Банско) of the Blagoevgrad Province (област Благоевград). It is located on the eastern slopes of the Rhodope Mountains, east of Mesta river 17 kilometers southeast of Bansko, 54 kilometers southeast of Blagoevgrad and 103 kilometers southeast of Sofia.

Gostun is the birthplace of Ivan Lebanov - the first Bulgarian to win a Winter Olympic medal in 1980.