Gorno Dryanovo

Gorno Dryanovo is a mountainous village in Garmen Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. It is situated in the Dabrash part of the Rhodope Mountains 6 kilometers northeast of Garmen and 73 kilometers southeast of Blagoevgrad on the road to between Leshten and Kovachevitsa.

Gorno Dryanovo
Горно Дряново
Village
Gorno Dryanovo is located in Bulgaria
Gorno Dryanovo
Gorno Dryanovo
Coordinates: 41°39′N 23°50′E
Country Bulgaria
ProvinceBlagoevgrad Province
MunicipalityGarmen
Government
 • MayorIbrahim Pingov (local coalition)
Area
 • Total11,107 km2 (4,288 sq mi)
Elevation
1,225 m (4,019 ft)
Population
 (15 December 2011[1])
 • Total1,042
 GRAO
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
2963
Area code07527

The village was mentioned in the Ottoman documents in 1660. In the 19th century the village has been noted as Muslim.[2] Ruins from an ancient fortress has been found 3 kilometers north of the village right of the road to Kovachevitsa. Only some remains of the wall on the southern and eastern side has been preserved. The fortress has been used in the Thracian and Roman times.[3]

Nowadays the village is inhabited by people of pomak origin, who are predominantly Muslim. There are no industrial subjects in the village. People grow tobacco and potatoes. Many men work as builders in the neighboring villages and abroad. There is a primary school "St Paisii Hiledarski", a kindergarten (a branch of the kindergarten in Ognyanovo) and a community center with a public library. The health care is provided by two doctors – a general practitioner and a dentist.

References
  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. Райчевски, Стоян (2004) [First published 1998]. Българите мохамедани (II издание ed.). София: Национален музей на българската книга и полиграфия. p. 111. ISBN 954-9308-51-0.
  3. "Description of the fortress in Bulgarian". Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

41°39′N 23°50′E


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