Godeshevo

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Godeshevo
Годешево
Village
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Godeshevo is located in Bulgaria
Godeshevo
Godeshevo
Location of Godeshevo
Coordinates: 41°28′N 24°3′E / 41.467°N 24.050°E / 41.467; 24.050Coordinates: 41°28′N 24°3′E / 41.467°N 24.050°E / 41.467; 24.050
Country Bulgaria
Province
(Oblast)		Blagoevgrad
Municipality
(Obshtina)		Satovcha
Government
[1]
 • MayorEvelina Cholakova (MRF)
Area
 • Total11.456 km2 (4.423 sq mi)
Elevation
714 m (2,343 ft)
Population
 (2010-12-15)[2]
 • Total889
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
2938
Area code(s)07548

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 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[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2011-10-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ http://www.grao.bg/tna/tadr-2010.txt
  3. ^ "Археологически обекти и места" (in Bulgarian). Община Гоце Делчев. Archived from the original on 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
  4. ^ "Открити монети". Археология (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Science. 2: 76. 1978. ISSN 0324-1203.
  5. ^ Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г. (in Bulgarian, French, English, and Russian) (II ed.). София: Македонски научен институт. 1995 [1878]. pp. 132–133.
  6. ^ Кънчов, Васил (1996) [1900]. "Неврокопска Каза". Македония. Етнография и статистика (in Bulgarian) (II ed.). София: Проф. М. Дринов. p. 195.
  7. ^ Кънчов, Васил (1970) [1894-1896]. "Неврокопската каза". Пътуване по долините на Струма, Места и Брегалница. Битолско, Преспа и Охридско (in Bulgarian). София: Наука и изкуство. p. 274.
  8. ^ Райчевски, Стоян (2004) [1998]. Българите мохамедани (in Bulgarian) (II ed.). София: Национален музей на българската книга и полиграфия. p. 111. ISBN 954-9308-51-0.
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