Leshten
Sign in to saveLeshten () is a mountainous village in Garmen Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. It is situated in the Dabrash part of the Rhodope Mountains, 5 kilometers north of Garmen, 75 kilometers southeast of Blagoevgrad and 2 kilometers south of Gorno Dryanovo on the road between Garmen and Kovachevitsa.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Leshten
- Settlement.native_name
- Лещен
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- LeshtenHouses.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Bulgaria
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- Location in Bulgaria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Blagoevgrad Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Garmen
- Settlement.leader_title
- Suffragan Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Isuf Mutishev
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 16,569
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 15 December 2011
- Settlement.population_note
- GRAO
- Settlement.population_total
- 11
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
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Leshten () is a mountainous village in Garmen Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. It is situated in the Dabrash part of the Rhodope Mountains, 5 kilometers north of Garmen, 75 kilometers southeast of Blagoevgrad and 2 kilometers south of Gorno Dryanovo on the road between Garmen and Kovachevitsa.
In the early years of the 20th century it was a busy village with more than 500 inhabitants, most of them non-Muslim. Nowadays there are only a few local permanent inhabitants, but many of the old houses have been restored and renovated as summerhouses or guest-houses. They were built in the second half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century in the architectural style typical for this region of the country. Most of the houses have very big terraces, inner courtyards and their own taverns.