Bachevo

Village of Bachevo is located in South-Western planning region of Bulgaria. It is part of Razlog Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province.[3] Situated at South-western Bulgaria in the Razlog Valley (6 km. north-western from Razlog town, 52 km. south-eastern from Blagoevgrad city, and 156 km. south from capital Sofia), the name Bacheva (Бачева in Bulgarian) is first mentioned in 1576 in the 8th register of the dzhelepkeshans (shepherd).[1]

Bachevo Бачево
Village
Bachevo
Coordinates: 41°55′N 23°27′E
Country	Bulgaria
Province	Blagoevgrad Province
Municipality	Razlog Municipality
Cont. inhabited	since 7000 BC[1][2]
Government
• Mayor	Rositsa Chatlabasheva (GERB)
Area
• Total	66.22 km^2 (25.57 sq mi)
Highest elevation	900 m (3,000 ft)
Lowest elevation	837 m (2,746 ft)
Population  (31 December 2014)
• Total	1,638
• Density	25/km^2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	2769
Area code(s)	([phone]

References

1. Khristov, Khristo (1995). Entsiklopediia Pirinski krai: V dva toma (Bulgarian Edition) (1 ed.). Blagoevgrad: Red. "Entsiklopediia". p. 72. ISBN 954-90006-1-3.
2. Georgiev, Georgi (1979). "Begin of human's society". In Kossev, Dimitar (ed.). History of Bulgaria (in Bulgarian) (1 ed.). Sofia: Publishing house of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. pp. 39–40.
3. Guide Bulgaria, Accessed December 25, 2015