Dragichevo is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

Southern Bulgaria Southern Bulgaria ( bg, Южна България, ''Yuzhna Balgariya'') is the southern half of the territory of Bulgaria, located to the south of the main ridge of the Balkan Mountains which conventionally separates the country into a northern an ...

. The village is located in Pernik Municipality,

Pernik Province Pernik Province is a province in western Bulgaria, neighbouring Serbia. Its main city is Pernik, and other municipalities are Breznik, Kovachevtsi, Radomir, Tran, and Zemen. Population Pernik province had a population of 133,750 according ...

. Аccording to the numbers provided by the 2020 Bulgarian census, Dragichevo currently has a population of 2149 people with a permanent address registration in the settlement.

Geography and Culture

Dragichevo is situated at the foot of Lyulin mountain, at an elevation if 740 meters. There are four quarters in the village - Kalinitsa, Rekata, Garata, and Rudarska.

History

The first mention of Dragichevo village dates back to 1715. There are records of a village called Dragishchuva in its location from 1420. Afterwards, the name changes to Dragidzhuva in

1576 Year 1576 ( MDLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 20 – Viceroy Martín Enríquez de Almanza founds the settlement of León ...

and to Dragichevo in

1728 Events January–March * January 5 – The '' Real y Pontificia Universidad de San Gerónimo de la Habana'', the oldest university in Cuba, is founded in Havana. * January 9 – The coronation of Peter II as the Tsar of t ...

Buildings and Infrastructure

The infrastructure of the village is very well developed as many of the people settled there live and work in Sofia and

Pernik Pernik ( bg, Перник ) is a town in western Bulgaria (about south-west of Sofia) with a population of 70,285 . Pernik is the most populated town in western Bulgaria after Sofia. It is the main town of Pernik Province and lies on both bank ...

. There is public transport, although the village is polluted due to it. Buildings * The church “Uspenie Bogorodichno” was built in 1862 * The local school dates back to

1895 Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...

. * The local community hall and library was built in

1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éireann, the day after Éamon de Valera ...

Ethnicity

According to the Bulgarian population census in 2011.

References

{{Reflist Villages in Pernik Province