Paisiy (village)
Paisiy (Bulgarian: Паисий [pɐˈisij]) is a village in Northern Bulgaria, in Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality, in the province of Veliko Tarnovo. According to the 2020 census, the village has a population of 118 people.
Geography
Paisiy village is at an elevation of 210 meters. The village is positioned northeast of Gorna Oryahovitsa, in a small valley between the villages of Strelets, Lozen, and Vinograd.
History
Near Paisiy village there are traces of Thracian and Roman settlements and a preserved old Roman road.
Before 1934 the village was known as Arnauti (Арнаути [ɐrnɐˈuti]), so named because of the Arnauts (Bulgarian: Arnauti) living there during Ottoman times.
Buildings
- The school was built in 1936 and was closed in the 1970s due to a lack of pupils.
- Paisiy is one of the few villages in the municipality lacking a community hall and library.
Ethnicity
According to the Bulgarian population census in 2011.
| Number | Percentage(в %) | |
| Total | 146 | 100.00 |
| Bulgarians | 60 | 41.09 |
| Turks | 73 | 50 |
| Romani | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 0 | 0 |
| Do not define themselves | 0 | 0 |
| Unanswered | 13 | 8.91 |
References
- ^ "Census, Population of Bulgarian Settlements 2020". Grao.BG.
- ^ "Паисий". www.g-oryahovica.org. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Bulgarian Libraries and Community Halls in Settlements" (PDF).
- ^ "Bulgaria population census 2011". Population Stat.