Oreshak () is a village, situated in the middle part of the
Balkan Mountains
The Balkan mountain range is located in the eastern part of the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It is conventionally taken to begin at the peak of Vrashka Chuka on the border between Bulgaria and Serbia. It then runs f ...
in
Troyan Municipality
Troyan Municipality () is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located from the northern slopes of the central Stara planina mountain to the area of the Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centr ...
,
Lovech Province
Lovech Province (, former name Okrug, Lovech okrug) is one of the 28 provinces of Bulgaria, lying at the northern centre of the country. It is named after its main city: Lovech. As of December 2009, the population of the area was151,153. , Bulgaria. There is a famous ethnographic complex very close to the
Troyan Monastery
The Monastery of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God () or, as it is more commonly called, the Troyan Monastery is the third largest monastery in Bulgaria. It is located in the northern part of the country in the Balkan Mountains and was ...
— one of the biggest monasteries in Bulgaria. In 2024, the village had a population of 1,927 (2021 census).
The late
Bulgarian Patriarch Maxim was born in Oreshak on October 29, 1914, and was buried at Troyan Monastery after his death in November 2012.
References
Villages in Lovech Province
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