Godeshevo
Годешево
Village
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; 24.050
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 code07548
Vehicle registrationE

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 Stephan Verkovic 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. ↑ "Избор на кмет и общински съвет :: Избори 2011". Archived from the original on 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
  2. ↑ "ТАБЛИЦА НА НАСЕЛЕНИЕТО ПО ПОСТОЯНЕН И НАСТОЯЩ АДРЕС област БЛАГОЕВГРАД община БАНСКО". grao.bg (in Bulgarian). 31 December 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  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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