Paisiy (village)
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Village | |
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Paisiy village on the map of Bulgaria, Veliko Tarnovo province | |
Coordinates: 43°18′33″N 25°49′43″E / 43.309099°N 25.828609°E | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Province | Veliko Tarnovo |
Municipality | Gorna Oryahovitsa |
Area | |
• Total | 12.656 km2 (4.887 sq mi) |
Elevation | 210 m (690 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 118 |
Area code | 06166 |
Paisiy (Bulgarian: Паисий [pɐˈisij]) is a village in Northern Bulgaria. It is located in Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality, in the province of Veliko Tarnovo. As it was counted in the 2020 census, the village has a population of 118 people.[1]
Geography
[edit]Paisiy village is located at an elevation of 210 meters. The village is positioned northeast of Gorna Oryahovitsa, in a small valley between the villages of Strelets, Lozen, and Vinograd.
History
[edit]Near Paisiy village there are traces of Thracian and Roman settlements and a preserved old Roman road.
Before 1934, the village was known as Arnauti (Арнаути [ɐrnɐˈuti]), so named because of the Arnauts (Bulgarian: Arnauti) living there during Ottoman times.[2]
Buildings
[edit]- The school was built in 1936 and was closed in the 1970s due to a lack of pupils.
- Paisiy is one of the few villages in the municipality lacking a community hall and library.[3]
Ethnicity
[edit]According to the Bulgarian population census in 2011.[4]
Number | Percentage(в %) | |
Total | 146 | 100.00 |
Bulgarians | 60 | 41.09 |
Turks | 73 | 50 |
Romani | 0 | 0 |
Others | 0 | 0 |
Do not define themselves | 0 | 0 |
Unanswered | 13 | 8.91 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Census, Population of Bulgarian Settlements 2020". Grao.BG.
- ^ "Паисий". www.g-oryahovica.org. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
- ^ "Bulgarian Libraries and Community Halls in Settlements" (PDF).
- ^ "Bulgaria population census 2011". Population Stat.