This project is co-financed by the European Union through Bansko municipality is situated in Southwest Bulgaria, at the foot of northern Pirin, and covers parts of the Razlog valley, the Momina Klisura gorge on Mesta River and part of the Western Rhodopes - in the administrative borders of Blagoevgrad region.
It borders with Razlog, Belitsa, Velingrad (Pazardjik district), Garmen, Gotse Delchev, Sandanski and Kresna municipalities.
The municipal centre is located at 925 m above sea level and is 150 km away from Sofia and Plovdiv and 60 km from Blagoevgrad Regional Centre.
The main approaches to the municipal territory are:
from northwest, from Struma river valley and international road E-79 (Struma A6), through the town of Simitli and the Predel saddle (1140 m), separating the Pirin and Rila mountains;
from northeast, from valley of Maritsa river, international road E-80 (Trakia / Maritsa A1), Velingrad, Saddle Jundola (1350 m) and Avramovi kolibi (1400 m);
from south, from Ilinden-Exoxhi border checkpoint through the town of Gotse Delchev and Momina Klisura Gorge at the Mesta River.
Bansko Municipality is formed by 8 settlements - 2 towns (Bansko and Dobrinishte) and 6 villages (Gostun, Kremen, Mesta, Obidim, Osenovo and Filipovo). The cities are located in the Razlog valley, on the international road II-19 Simitli - Gotse Delchev. The villages are situated along the Mesta River, on the eastern slopes of Pirin and the western slopes of the Rhodope Mountains. Only Mesta village is located on road II-19. Nearest to Bansko is the town of Dobrinishte (6 km) and the farthest - the village of Kremen (27 km).
The relief is extremely varied - valley and flat in the river valleys, hilly, low, middle and alpine, the latter prevailing as a territorial range. The altitude varies between about 600 m along the Mesta River in the south-eastern part of the municipal territory to over 2900 m.
The climate is trans-continental with Mediterranean influence, and in the higher parts - mountainous. In general, summer is short and cool, winter is long and cold, and the transition seasons are relatively short, with late and cool spring and warmer autumn.
Hydrographic network is represented by the rivers Mesta, Glazne, Dobrinishka, Retije, Kamenitza and many natural mountain lakes. There are mineral waters springs in Dobrinishte and three unspoiled in the town of Bansko.
Municipal population in 2012 amounts to 12873 people, incl. 11643 people in towns and 1230 people in villages.