Godeshevo Explained

Godeshevo
Subdivision Type:Country
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type1:Province
(Oblast)
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
(Obshtina)
Subdivision Name2:Satovcha
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Pushpin Map:Bulgaria
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Godeshevo
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Evelina Cholakova
Leader Party:MRF
Government Footnotes:[1]
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Subdivision Name1:Blagoevgrad
Native Name:Годешево
Population Total:889
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population As Of:2010-12-15
Elevation M:714
Area Total Km2:11.456
Postal Code:2938
Area Code:07548
Registration Plate:E
Coordinates:41.4667°N 27°W

Godeshevo (Bulgarian: Годешево) is a village in Southwestern Bulgaria. It is located in the Satovcha Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province.

Geography

The village of Godeshevo is located in the Western Rhodope Mountains. It belongs to the Chech region.

History

In the vicinity of Gudeshevo after archeological research were found the remains of a medieval settlement and late medieval church.[3] Accidentally in the place called Radevi laki nearby the village were found 24 bronze coins from the 6th century of the emperors Anastasius I, Justin I and Justinian I.[4]

In 1873 Godeshevo (Goudechevo) had male population of 76 Pomaks and 30 houses.[5] According to Vasil Kanchov, in 1900 Godeshevo (Годешево) was populated by 650 Bulgarian Muslims[6] According to another statistic by Kanchov about the same time there were 65 houses in the village.[7] According to Stephan Verkovic at the end of the 19th century the village had male population of 96 Pomaks and 30 houses.[8]

Religions

The population is Muslim and consists of Pomaks.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Избор на кмет и общински съвет :: Избори 2011 . 2011-10-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111103094107/http://results.cik.bg/tur2/mestni/0142_15312.html . 2011-11-03 . dead .
  2. Web site: ТАБЛИЦА НА НАСЕЛЕНИЕТО ПО ПОСТОЯНЕН И НАСТОЯЩ АДРЕС област БЛАГОЕВГРАД община БАНСКО. grao.bg. 7 January 2024. 31 December 2010. bg.
  3. Web site: Археологически обекти и места . 2008-12-18 . Община Гоце Делчев . bg . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080514190805/http://gdelchev.nitbg.com/content/view/7/20/lang,bg/ . 2008-05-14.
  4. 1978. Открити монети. Археология. 2. 76. Bulgarian Academy of Science. Sofia. 0324-1203. bg.
  5. Book: Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г. . 1878 . II . 1995 . Македонски научен институт . София . bg, fr, en, ru . 132–133.
  6. Book: Кънчов , Васил . Македония. Етнография и статистика . 1900 . II . 1996 . Проф. М. Дринов . София . bg . 195 . Неврокопска Каза . http://www.promacedonia.org/vk/vk_2_21.htm.
  7. Book: Кънчов , Васил . Пътуване по долините на Струма, Места и Брегалница. Битолско, Преспа и Охридско . 1894-1896 . 1970 . Наука и изкуство . София . bg . Неврокопската каза . http://www.promacedonia.org/vk_1/vk1_a_19.html . 274.
  8. Book: Райчевски , Стоян . Българите мохамедани . 1998 . II . 2004 . Национален музей на българската книга и полиграфия . София . bg . 954-9308-51-0 . 111.