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Village in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria
Belevehchevo Белевехчево
Village
Belevehchevo is located in BulgariaBelevehchevoBelevehchevoLocation of Belevehchevo
Coordinates: 41°34′N 23°19′E / 41.567°N 23.317°E / 41.567; 23.317
Country Bulgaria
ProvinceBlagoevgrad Province
MunicipalitySandanski
Area
 • Total1.87 km (0.72 sq mi)
Elevation364 m (1,194 ft)
Population
 • Total1
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Belevehchevo (Bulgarian: Белевехчево) is a village in Sandanski Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province, south-western Bulgaria and as of 2013 has only 1 inhabitant. 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.

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.

Citations

  1. ^ "Belevehchevo". Guide Bulgaria. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps 1912-1913. Personnel 2006, p. 829

References

  • Collective (2006). Македоно-одринското опълчение 1912-1913 г. Личен състав [Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps 1912-1913. Personnel] (in Bulgarian). София (Sofia): Главно управление на архивите (General Department of Archives). ISBN 954-9800-52-0.
Bulgaria Sandanski Municipality
Capital: Sandanski
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