Oreshak | |
Native Name: | Орешак |
Native Name Lang: | bg |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bulgaria |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Lovech |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Troyan |
Pushpin Map: | Bulgaria |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Bulgaria |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Maya Naydenova |
Leader Party: | GERB |
Population As Of: | 2024 |
Population Total: | 1927 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | EET |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +3 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 5630 |
Oreshak is a village, situated in the middle part of the Balkan Mountains in Troyan Municipality, Lovech Province, Bulgaria. There is a famous ethnographic complex very close to the Troyan Monastery - one of the biggest monasteries in Bulgaria. In 2024, the village had a population of 1,927 (2021 census).[2] The late Bulgarian Patriarch Maxim was born in Oreshak on October 29, 1914,[3] and was buried at Troyan Monastery after his death in November 2012.[4]