Belevehchevo

Belevehchevo (Bulgarian: Белевехчево) is a village in Sandanski Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province, south-western Bulgaria and as of 2013 has only 1 inhabitant.[1] It lies at the south-western foothills of the Pirin mountains facing the Sandanski-Petrich Valley. It is located at about 1 km east of the municipal centre Sandanski and some 124 km south of the national capital Sofia.[1]

Belevehchevo
Белевехчево
Village
Belevehchevo
Location of Belevehchevo
Coordinates: 41°34′N 23°19′E
Country Bulgaria
ProvinceBlagoevgrad Province
MunicipalitySandanski
Area
 • Total1.87 km2 (0.72 sq mi)
Elevation
364 m (1,194 ft)
Population
 (2013)[1]
 • Total1
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

In 1873 it had 32 households and 100 inhabitants, all of them Bulgarians. At the outbreak of the First Balkan War in 1912 13 people from Belevehchevo joined the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps that was formed in support the Bulgarian war effort against the Ottoman Empire.[2]

Citations
  1. "Belevehchevo". Guide Bulgaria. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps 1912-1913. Personnel 2006, p. 829

References
  • Collective (2006). Македоно-одринското опълчение 1912-1913 г. Личен състав [Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps 1912-1913. Personnel] (in Bulgarian). София (Sofia): Главно управление на архивите (General Department of Archives). ISBN 954-9800-52-0.
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