| Ortsevo Орцево | |
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| Village | |
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  Ortsevo | |
| Coordinates: 41°57′41″N 23°43′51″E / 41.96139°N 23.73083°E / 41.96139; 23.73083 | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province | Blagoevgrad Province |
| Municipality | Belitsa |
| Government | |
| • Suffragan Mayor | Ibrahim Palev |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15,146 km (5,848 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,555 m (5,102 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 213 |
| GRAO | |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 2785 |
| Area code | 074404 |
Ortsevo (Bulgarian: Орцево) is a remote village in the municipality of Belitsa, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. It is located in the western Rhodope Mountains, approximately 23 kilometers east of Belitsa and 87 kilometers southeast of Sofia. As of 2010 it had a population of 213 people. The population is Muslim of Bulgarian origin.
Ortsevo's village square is situated at ca. 1,550 m above sea level and some of the houses lie at ca. 1,640 m. This makes it the highest permanently inhabited village in Bulgaria and all of the Balkans (the slightly higher village of Chamla lies at ca. 1,650 m, but has been abandoned since the 1980s).
References
- "Таблица на населението по постоянен и настоящ адрес". grao.bg (in Bulgarian). 15 December 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- Мустафова, Фатме (2024-03-29). "На "покрива" на Родопите. Кое е най-високото село? - Чудесата на България — Новини Стандарт". www.standartnews.com (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-06-12.
- Мустафова, Фатме (2024-02-08). "Това село е най-високото в България - Чудесата на България — Новини Стандарт". www.standartnews.com (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-06-12.
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| Capital: Belitsa | |
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