Dolene

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Dolene
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Dolene
Coordinates: 41°26′44″N23°01′52″E / 41.44566030413195°N 23.03098136874828°E / 41.44566030413195; 23.03098136874828
Country Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
Province Blagoevgrad Province
Municipality Petrich Municipality
Population
 (2013)
  Total
15
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Dolene is a village in Petrich Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.

From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the village hosted the Dolensky Fair. [1] According to Wasił Kynczow by 1900 the village was inhabited by 600 Bulgarian Christians. [2] In 2011, the population of Dolene was 24. [3]

References

  1. Petrow, Petyr (1994). Долянският панаир. Македонски преглед. pp. 59–82.
  2. Kynczow, Wasił (1990). Македония. Етнография и статистика. Българското книжовно дружество. p. 187. ISBN   954430424X.
  3. Етническо разпределение на населението на населените места в България [Ethnic distribution of the population of localities in Bulgaria] (in Bulgarian). National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria.