Official Name: | Chereshovo |
Native Name: | Черешово |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Bulgaria |
Pushpin Label Position: | Location in Bulgaria |
Subdivision Name: | Bulgaria |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Blagoevgrad Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Belitsa |
Leader Title: | Suffragan Mayor |
Leader Name: | Alish Kunyov |
Area Total Km2: | 9,335 |
Population As Of: | 15-12-2010 |
Population Total: | 270 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | 2787 |
Area Code: | 074404 |
Coordinates: | 41.9489°N 23.7083°W |
Elevation M: | 1319 |
Chereshovo (Bulgarian: Черешово) is a village in the municipality of Belitsa, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. It is located approximately 27 km west of Belitsa and 88 kilometers southeast of Sofia. A fourth class municipal road connects the village with the secondary national road Razlog - Velingrad via the villages of Kraishte, Lyutovo, and Babyak. As of 2010, it had a population of 270 people all of them Muslim of Pomak origin. Aerial electrical supply and drinking water from local sources are provided. The village has no elected mayor, having fewer than 350 inhabitants, and a suffragan mayor, appointed from the municipal council is in charge. [1]