Irechek ( bg, Иречек ) is a village in
Kavarna Municipality
Kavarna Municipality ( bg, Община Каварна) is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Dobrich Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located on the Northern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in Southern Dobruja geographical region. It is named after its ...
,
Dobrich Province
Dobrich Province ( bg, Област Добрич, , former name Dobrich okrug) is a province in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Southern Dobruja geographical region. It is bounded on east by the Black Sea, on south by Varna Province, on west by S ...
, northeastern
Bulgaria
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, located about north of
Kavarna
Kavarna ( bg, Каварна ; ro, Cavarna), is a Black Sea coastal town and seaside resort in the Dobruja region of northeastern Bulgaria. It lies northeast of Varna, from Dobrich on the international road E87 and south of the border with Ro ...
. It lies to the west of
Vranino
Vranino is a village in Kavarna Municipality, Dobrich Province, northeastern Bulgaria
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, south of
Vidno
Vidno is a village in Kavarna Municipality, Dobrich Province, northeastern Bulgaria
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and to the northeast of
Mogilishte
Mogilishte ( bg, Могилище ) is a village in Kavarna Municipality, Dobrich Province, northeastern Bulgaria
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.
As of 2007 it had a population of 26 people, covering an area of
Guide Bulgaria
Accessed May 23, 2010 The population is gradually decreasing as younger people move away to the cities.
August 2013 saw the closure of the only shop in the village where bread and small goods were sold. The closest shop in now found in Vidno.
The village has a cemetery with graves dating back from the 1900s and is still used today, this is found in the back fields to the South.
With only 4 houses in the village and an aging population the number of inhabitants has dropped since 2007 and now stands at no more than 11 people.
Irechek also has a problem with wild dogs which are not owned and live in the fields trying to find food, water and shelter.
On weekends and bank Holidays Irechek and the surrounding area is a prime hunting ground for small birds.
The land around the village is mostly flat and fertile,
References
Villages in Dobrich Province
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