Osikovo, Blagoevgrad Province

Village in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria

Osikovo

Осиково

Village

Osikovo

Coordinates: 41°42′N 23°47′E﻿ / ﻿41.700°N 23.783°E﻿ / 41.700; 23.783
Country| Bulgaria
Province| Blagoevgrad Province
Municipality| Garmen
Government

• Mayor| Fikret Bayramov (GERB)
Area

• Total

| 57.475 km2 (22.191 sq mi)
Elevation

| 1,000 m (3,000 ft)
Population

(15 December 2011[1])

• Total

| 500
| GRAO
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code|

2965

Area code| 07533

Osikovo is a mountainous village in Garmen Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. It is situated in the Dabrash part of the Rhodope Mountains, 11 kilometers north-northwest of Garmen and 66 kilometers southeast of Blagoevgrad.

The village is mentioned in old Ottoman documents from 1636 as "a village with 65 non-Muslim households".[2] In 1900, Osikovo was described as a mixed village with 464 Bulgarian-Christian and 240 Bulgarian-Muslim people.[3] There is an old church "St Demetrius" (Bulgarian: Свети Димитър, Sveti Dimitar), built in 1846 and an artistic monument of culture of local significance.[4]

Nowadays, Osikovo is a pomak village with no industrial subjects. People grow tobacco or go to work in other settlements or abroad. The village lies on the asphalt road between Ognyanovo, Blagoevgrad Province and Ribnovo after the village of Skrebatno, 15 kilometers from Ognyanovo. There are no health care or educational institutions in the village.

Osikovo Ridge on Graham Land, Antarctica is named after the village.

## References

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1. ^ "Таблица на населението по постоянен и настоящ адрес област БЛАГОЕВГРАД община БАНСКО". grao.bg (in Bulgarian). 15 December 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
2. ^ Горозданова, Елена (2001). Архивите говорят No. 13 – Турски извори за българската история. София: Главно управление на архивите при МС. p. 41\. ISBN 954-9800-14-8.
3. ^ Кънчов, Васил (1996) [1900]. "Неврокопска Каза". Македония. Етнография и статистика (in Bulgarian) (II ed.). София: Проф. М. Дринов. p. 195.
4. ^ "Other Landmarks". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-02-07.

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Garmen Municipality

Capital: Garmen

Villages|

* Baldevo
* Debren
* Dolno Dryanovo
* Dabnitsa
* Gorno Dryanovo
* Hvostyane
* Kovachevitsa
* Krushevo
* Leshten
* Marchevo
* Ognyanovo
* Oreshe
* Osikovo
* Ribnovo
* Skrebatno

Landmarks|

* Nicopolis ad Nestum
* Tamnata Gora Reserve

Culture|

* Architectural and Building School of Kovachevitsa

Notable people|

* Lyudmil Stoyanov
* Nikola Atanasov

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