Kosacha

Village in Pernik, Bulgaria

Kosacha Косача
Village

42°34′00″N 22°51′00″E / 42.56667°N 22.85000°E / 42.56667; 22.85000
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Pernik
Municipality (Obshtina)	Kovachevtsi
First mentioned	1573
Area
• Land	13,344 km² (5,152 sq mi)
Elevation	822 m (2,697 ft)
Population (2020)
• Total	148
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	2448
License plate	PK

Kosacha (Bulgarian: Косача, also transliterated Kosača) is a village in western Bulgaria. Its located in Oblast Pernik, Obshtina Kovachevci.

Geography

The village of Kosacha is located in a mountainous region, 16 km southwest of Pernik and 41 km southwest of Sofia.

The village is a conglomeration of neighborhoods scattered over hills and valleys. The neighborhoods are Tyutyundzhiyska, Polyana, Domishlyarska - there is the house of Georgi Parvanov's mother, Evreyska (Jewish), Velichkova - there is his father's house, Eleninska / grandmother Elena hid Levski in the church, wife of grandfather Pene - a merchant in Constantinople. Picked up by a priest from the village of Ruzhdavitsa /, Bradarska mahala, Kyurkchiyska mahala / there are remains of a fortress /, Gruyova mahala, Stoykovi, Todorovi, Kompirovi, Mialovi / Mihailovi /, Gypsy / by nickname /, Kovachevska mahala. The road distance from Tyutyundzhiya to Arbanashki rid is more than 6 km.

History

The village was first mentioned in the Ottoman archives in 1573.

The ancient town of Buieridava was located near the village and the Lobosh dam (Pchelina). It was founded approx. 5th century BC from the Thracian tribe Ilei.