Bosilegrad
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Along with Dimitrovgrad (Tsaribrod), Bosilegrad is an economic and cultural centre of Serbia's ethnic Bulgarian community.
History
Historically, Bosilegrad was part of Bulgaria. On May 15, 1917, Serbian paramilitaries (Chetniks) under the command of Kosta Pećanac crossed the old Bulgarian border and, as part of the Toplica Uprising, captured Bosilegrad, which they then burned. Then Pećanac and his band withdrew to Kosovo, which was controlled by the Austro-Hungarian Army.
The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes gained some territory from Bulgaria as part of the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine, following the invasion and occupation of part of the Kingdom of Serbia by Bulgaria and subsequent Allied defeat of the Central Powers in the First World War. From 1929 to 1941, it was part of Vardar Banovina. The Bulgarian army occupied Bosilegrad during the Second World War from 1941 to 1944. At the end of the Second World War, Bulgaria switched sides in the war and in October 1944 gave the occupied Western outlands back to Yugoslavia.[2]
Settlements
Aside from the town of Bosilegrad, the municipality consists of the following villages:
Demographics
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Ethnic groups
The majority of municipality's population are Bulgarians, amounting to 72.3% of total population. Other minor ethnic groups are Serbs and Roma people. The ethnic composition of the municipality:
| Ethnic group | Population 1971[3] |
Population 1981[4] |
Population 1991[5] |
Population 2002[6] |
Population 2011[7] |
Population 2022[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgarians | - | - | - | 7,037 | 5,839 | 4,075 |
| Serbs | 292 | 616 | 1,165 | 1,308 | 895 | 786 |
| Macedonians | 58 | 49 | - | 42 | 38 | 26 |
| Montenegrins | 13 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Romani | 13 | 10 | 3 | - | 162 | 143 |
| Muslims | 1 | 1 | 10 | - | - | - |
| Yugoslavs | 255 | 3,976 | 1,649 | 288 | 20 | 18 |
| Others | 16,675 | 9,538 | 8,811 | 1,253 | 1,173 | 1,016 |
| Total | 17,306 | 14,196 | 11,644 | 9,931 | 8,129 | 6,065 |
Gallery
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Town of Bosilegrad
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Bosilegrad town street
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Bosilegrad town hall
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Unveiling of the monument of Bulgarian revolutionary Vasil Levski
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School in Bosilegrad
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Serbia–Bulgaria State border
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Bosilegrad Church
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Church in Izvor, Bosilegrad
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Lisinsko Lake in Bosilegrad
See also
References
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- ↑ Велизар Енчев, Югославската идея: исторически, политически и международни аспекти на доктрината за национално освобождение и държавно обединение на южните славяни, Захарий Стоянов, 2009, ISBN 9540902673, стр. 314.
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External links
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