Doleni

Doleni () is a village in the municipality of Sandanski, in Blagoevgrad Province, south-western Bulgaria and as of 2013 has only 3 inhabitants. It is situated at the south-western foothills of the Pirin mountains a few kilometres north of the Melnik Earth Pyramids. Further north is located Pirin National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Doleni lies some 124 km south of the national capital Sofia.

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Settlement.official_name: Doleni
Settlement.native_name: Долени
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Doleni village DSC00953.jpg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Doleni
Settlement.pushpin_map: Bulgaria
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
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: Sandanski
Settlement.area_total_km2: 10.176
Settlement.population_as_of: 2013
Settlement.population_total: 3
Settlement.timezone: EET
Settlement.utc_offset: +2

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Official name: Doleni
Population: 3
Area: 10.178
Elevation: 796
Image: Doleni village DSC00953.jpg

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postal code: 2811
Commons category: Doleni, Bulgaria

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In the Middle Ages the village was part of the Bulgarian Empire. In the 14th century Rila Charter of Emperor Ivan Shishman (r. 1371–1395) it was listed as a possession of the Rila Monastery. The village church of Saint Petka was constructed in the 19th century. In 1873 it had 35 households and 120 inhabitants, all of them Bulgarians. At the outbreak of the First Balkan War in 1912 two people from Doleni joined the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps that was formed in support the Bulgarian war effort against the Ottoman Empire.