Parvenets, Plovdiv Province Parvenets, Plovdiv Province Parvenets () is a village in the Plovdiv Province, Southern Bulgaria. It is part of the Rodopi municipality. As 2008 the village has 3,463 inhabitants. Parvenets has a strategic situation on the Varlishtitsa River and lies at only 10 km to the south of Plovdiv. It borders the villages of Markovo, Brestovitsa, Hrabrino and the city of Plovdiv (Komatevo neighbourhood) which is at 3 km. The village is situated at an altitude of 433m. Parvenets has a rich history. From the Antiquity and the Middle Ages and especially during the Bulgarian National Revival the village is a
History of Plovdiv the city in development of modern trade, banking and industry. In 1939 there were 16,000 craftsmen and 17,000 workers in manufacturing factories, mainly for food and tobacco processing. During the Second World War the tobacco industry expanded as well as the export of fruit and vegetables. In 1943 1,500 Jews were saved from deportation in concentration camps by the archbishop of Plovdiv Cyril who later became Bulgarian Patriarch. During the period of communist governance that followed the end of World War II many large factories were built in and nearby Plovdiv, for example a plant for non-ferrous metals, textile works,