Padarsko is a

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municipality,

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. As of 15 June 2020, the current population of the village is 576 people. The former name of the village until 1934 used to be Kurudzhilare.

Geography

Padarsko village is located 30 kilometers away from

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. The majority of the population in the village is elderly people. Most houses in the village are constructed out of handmade adobe bricks. The soil in the area is very fertile and many sorts of

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s and

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s are cultivated by local people in the area.

Institutions and infrastructure

There is a secondary school "Otets Paisiy" in the village, which teaches kids from 1st to 12th grade in one shift. Moreover, the village has a Community Center "Hristo Botev" with a library. The "Hristo Botev" Community center was established in 1927 and is still functioning. In early 2020, the villagers raised their complaints to the local Municipality due to polluted drinking water. In the tap water of the village, traces of natural

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could be found. The construction of a new aqueduct was finished in 2021, and the village's drinking water was restored to normal.

References

{{Reflist Villages in Plovdiv Province