Selishten Dol is a village in

Southern Bulgaria Southern Bulgaria (, ''Yuzhna Balgariya'') is the southern half of the territory of Bulgaria, located to the south of the main ridge of the Balkan Mountains which conventionally separates the country into a northern and a southern part. Besides th ...

, in

Pernik Municipality Pernik Municipality () is a municipality in the Pernik Province of Bulgaria. Demography At the 2011 census, the population of Pernik was 97,181. Most of the inhabitants were Bulgarians (91.4%) with a minority of Gypsies/Romani (1.83%). 6.36% o ...

, Pernik Province. Аccording to the 2020 Bulgarian census, Selishten Dol has a population of 119 people with a permanent address registration in the settlement.

Geography

Selishten Dol village is in Municipality

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, 14 kilometers west of Pernik and 46 kilometers from

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, the capital of

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. The neighboring villages are Velkovtsi, Solitsa, Slakovtsi, Noevtsi, Yardzhilovtsi, and Plilula. Selishten Dol lies in a continental climate area with a harsh winter and a warm summer. A river passes through the village until July, and during the summer dries up. The rain is less than the average for

History

The first written text that confirms the existence of the village in the Middle Ages dates back to 1576. The name of the village stems from a story that says that Selishten Dol burned down to the ground and was rebuilt on a lower location. Hence the name "Dol" which means down. After the establishment of the mines in

, a large portion of the male population from the village starts work there.

Buildings

* The local school was established in 1883 and used various houses of local villages until a school edifice was built in 1910. * The local community hall and library "

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" was built in 1928.

Ethnicity

According to the Bulgarian population census in 2011.

References

{{Pernik Province Villages in Pernik Province