Osina, Blagoevgrad Province

Osina
Осина
Village
Osina

Location of Osina

Coordinates: 41°38′N 24°5′E / 41.633°N 24.083°ECoordinates: 41°38′N 24°5′E / 41.633°N 24.083°E
Country  Bulgaria
Province
(Oblast)
Blagoevgrad
Municipality
(Obshtina)
Satovcha
Government[1]
  Mayor Slavcho Hadzhiev (CEDB)
Area
  Total 25.543 km2 (9.862 sq mi)
Elevation 1,199 m (3,934 ft)
Population (2010-12-15)[2]
  Total 599
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code 2953
Area code(s) 07544

Osina (Bulgarian: Осина, old version: Usina) is a village in Southwestern Bulgaria. It is located in the Satovcha Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province.

Geography

The village of Osina is located in the Western Rhodope Mountains. It belongs to the Chech region.

History

The village was founded some time in the beginning of the 15th century when shepherds from the village of Kochan moved to the place where they had their dairies to avoid getting infected with plague. At a later time the village saw more refugees from the area around Serres but it is not known when and under what circumstances it happened.

In 1873 Osina (Oussina) had male population of 150 Pomaks and 50 houses.[3] According to Vasil Kanchov, in 1900 Osina (Усина) was populated by 250 Bulgarian Muslims[4] According to Stephan Verkovic at the end of the 19th century the village had male population of 173 Pomaks and 50 houses.[5]

Religions

The population is Muslim and consists of Pomaks.

Cultural and natural landmarks

Further reading

Notes

  1. http://results.cik.bg/tur1/mestni/0142_54225.html
  2. http://www.grao.bg/tna/tadr-2010.txt
  3. Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г. (in Bulgarian, French, English, Russian) (II ed.). София: Македонски научен институт. 1995 [1878]. pp. 132–133.
  4. Кънчов, Васил (1996) [1900]. "Неврокопска Каза". Македония. Етнография и статистика (in Bulgarian) (II ed.). София: Проф. М. Дринов. p. 196.
  5. Райчевски, Стоян (2004) [1998]. Българите мохамедани (in Bulgarian) (II ed.). София: Национален музей на българската книга и полиграфия. p. 111. ISBN 954-9308-51-0.