Blatska is a village in
Hadzhidimovo Municipality, in
Blagoevgrad Province
Blagoevgrad Province ( bg, област Благоевград, ''oblast Blagoevgrad'' or Благоевградска област, ''Blagoevgradska oblast''), also known as Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia ( bg, Пиринска Маке ...
,
Bulgaria. It is situated in the valley of the
Mesta
The ''Mesta'' () was a powerful association protecting livestock owners and their animals in the Crown of Castile that was incorporated in the 13th century and was dissolved in 1836. Although best known for its organisation of the annual migrat ...
river, close to the border with
Greece.
History
There is an ancient and medieval fortress named "Hysar" east of the center of the village.
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In the list of the villages and the number of non-Muslim households in the
Nevrokop
Gotse Delchev ( bg, Гоце Делчев ), is a town in Gotse Delchev Municipality in Blagoevgrad Province of Bulgaria.
In 1951, the town was renamed after the Bulgarian revolutionary hero Gotse Delchev. It had hitherto been called Nevrok ...
vilayet by March 13 1660 the village is mentioned as one with 15 non-Muslim households.
In the 19th century Blatska is a Muslim village in the Nevrokop kaaza. In the book "Ethnography of the Adrianopol, Monastir and Salonika vilayets", published in Istanbul in 1878, presenting the statistics of the male population in 1873, the village is mentioned as one with 40 households and 100 Muslim people. According to
Vasil Kanchov at the end of 19th century there were 50 Turkish houses.
In 1899 there were 215 people according to the census of the
Ottoman Empire.
Гаджанов, Димитър Г. Мюсюлманското население в Новоосвободените земи, в: Научна експедиция в Македония и Поморавието 1916, Военноиздателски комплекс „Св. Георги Победоносец“, Университетско издателство „Св. Климент Охридски“, София, 1993, стр. 245.
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Education
A primary school named "St.St. Cyril and Methodius" is yet functional.
Economy
The main source of income is cultivation of tobacco.
Religion
The population is Muslim. There is a mosque at the center of the village.
Roads and transportation
Blatska is situated just north of the municipal center Hadzhidimovo and is connected with it by bus. There are two asphalted municipal roads passing through the village.
References
Villages in Hadzhidimovo Municipality
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