Belevehchevo Explained

Official Name:Belevehchevo
Native Name:Белевехчево
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Bulgaria
Pushpin Relief:1
Pushpin Label Position:Location in Bulgaria
Subdivision Name: Bulgaria
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Blagoevgrad Province
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Sandanski
Area Total Km2:1.87
Population As Of:2013
Population Total:1
Population Footnotes:[1]
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Elevation M:364
Postal Code:2800
Coordinates:41.5667°N 42°W

Belevehchevo (Bulgarian: Белевехчево) is a village in Sandanski Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province, south-western Bulgaria and as of 2013 has only 1 inhabitant.[1] It lies at the south-western foothills of the Pirin mountains facing the Sandanski-Petrich Valley. It is located at about 1 km east of the municipal centre Sandanski and some 124 km south of the national capital Sofia.[1]

In 1873 it had 32 households and 100 inhabitants, all of them Bulgarians. At the outbreak of the First Balkan War in 1912 13 people from Belevehchevo joined the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps that was formed in support the Bulgarian war effort against the Ottoman Empire.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Belevehchevo. Guide Bulgaria. 5 July 2018.