Maritsa, Kursk Oblast

Maritsa (Марица) is a rural locality (село) and the administrative center of Maritsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Lgovsky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Population:

Geography
The village is located on the Prutishche River in the basin of the Seym, 59 km from the Russia–Ukraine border, 64 km west of Kursk, 10 km north of the district center – the town Lgov.

Maritsa has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification).
 * Climate

Transport
Maritsa is located 14 km from the road of regional importance (Kursk – Lgov – Rylsk – border with Ukraine) as part of the European route E38, on the road  (Lgov – Konyshyovka), 20 km from the road of intermunicipal significance  (38K-017 – Nikolayevka – Shirkovo), on the roads  (38K-023 – Olshanka – Marmyzhi – 38N-362) and  (38N-437 – Krasnaya Dubrava). There is a railway halt Maritsa within the locality limits (railway line Navlya – Lgov-Kiyevsky).

The rural locality is situated 70 km from Kursk Vostochny Airport, 153 km from Belgorod International Airport and 273 km from Voronezh Peter the Great Airport.