Dolene

Dolene
Долене
Village
Dolene is located in Bulgaria
Dolene
Dolene
Location within Bulgaria
Coordinates: 41°26′44″N 23°01′52″E / 41.44566030413195°N 23.03098136874828°E / 41.44566030413195; 23.03098136874828
Country Bulgaria
ProvinceBlagoevgrad Province
MunicipalityPetrich Municipality
Population
 (2013)
 • Total
15
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Dolene is a village in Petrich Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.

From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the village hosted the Dolensky Fair. Dolene now is only home to a few people but is a tourist attraction with a team of about 30 working there. The restoration started 2018 by local benefactor Stefan Lipiyski whose parents grew up there. According to Wasił Kynczow by 1900 the village was inhabited by 600 Bulgarian Christians. In 2011, the population of Dolene was 24.

References

  1. ↑ Petrow, Petyr (1994). Долянският панаир. Македонски преглед. pp. 59–82.
  2. ↑ Kynczow, Wasił (1990). Македония. Етнография и статистика. Българското книжовно дружество. p. 187. ISBN 954430424X.
  3. ↑ Етническо разпределение на населението на населените места в България [Ethnic distribution of the population of localities in Bulgaria] (in Bulgarian). National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria.