Bachevo

Summary

Village of Bachevo is located in South-Western planning region of Bulgaria. It is part of Razlog Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province.[3] Situated at South-western Bulgaria in the Razlog Valley (6 km. north-western from Razlog town, 52 km. south-eastern from Blagoevgrad city, and 156 km. south from capital Sofia), the name Bacheva (Бачева in Bulgarian) is first mentioned in 1576 in the 8th register of the dzhelepkeshans (shepherd).[1]

Bachevo
Бачево
Village
Bachevo is located in Bulgaria
Bachevo
Bachevo
Coordinates: 41°55′N 23°27′E / 41.917°N 23.450°E / 41.917; 23.450
Country Bulgaria
ProvinceBlagoevgrad Province
MunicipalityRazlog Municipality
Cont. inhabitedsince 7000 BC[1][2]
Government
 • MayorRositsa Chatlabasheva (GERB)
Area
 • Total66.22 km2 (25.57 sq mi)
Highest elevation
900 m (3,000 ft)
Lowest elevation
837 m (2,746 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2014)
 • Total1,638
 • Density25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
2769
Area code(+359) 07448

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Khristov, Khristo (1995). Entsiklopediia Pirinski krai: V dva toma (Bulgarian Edition) (1 ed.). Blagoevgrad: Red. "Entsiklopediia". p. 72. ISBN 954-90006-1-3.
  2. ^ a b Georgiev, Georgi (1979). "Begin of human's society". In Kossev, Dimitar (ed.). History of Bulgaria (in Bulgarian) (1 ed.). Sofia: Publishing house of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. pp. 39–40.
  3. ^ Guide Bulgaria, Accessed December 25, 2015