Dolene
Dolene
Долене | |
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Village | |
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  Dolene | |
| Coordinates: 41°26′44″N 23°01′52″E / 41.44566030413195°N 23.03098136874828°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province | Blagoevgrad Province |
| Municipality | Petrich Municipality |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | 15 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Dolene is a village in Petrich Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.
From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the village hosted the Dolensky Fair. Dolene now is only home to a few people but is a tourist attraction with a team of about 30 working there. The restoration started 2018 by local benefactor Stefan Lipiyski whose parents grew up there.[1] According to Wasił Kynczow by 1900 the village was inhabited by 600 Bulgarian Christians.[2] In 2011, the population of Dolene was 24.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Petrow, Petyr (1994). Долянският панаир. Македонски преглед. pp. 59–82.
- ↑ Kynczow, Wasił (1990). Македония. Етнография и статистика. Българското книжовно дружество. p. 187. ISBN 954430424X.
- ↑ Етническо разпределение на населението на населените места в България [Ethnic distribution of the population of localities in Bulgaria] (in Bulgarian). National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria.
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