Blatska is a village in Hadzhidimovo Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.Guide Bulgaria, Accessed May 5, 2010 It is situated in the valley of the Mesta river, close to the border with Greece.
History There is an ancient and medieval fortress named "Hysar" east of the center of the village.http://www.bulgariancastles.com/bg/node/1496 | заглавие=С. Блатска - крепост Исар тепе |достъп_дата =29 ноември 2015 |фамилно_име= |първо_име= |дата= |труд= |издател=Български крепости
In the list of the villages and the number of non-Muslim households in the Nevrokop vilayet by March 13 1660 the village is mentioned as one with 15 non-Muslim households.
In the 19th century Blatska is a Muslim village in the Nevrokop kaaza. In the book "Ethnography of the Adrianopol, Monastir and Salonika vilayets", published in Istanbul in 1878, presenting the statistics of the male population in 1873, the village is mentioned as one with 40 households and 100 Muslim people. According to Vasil Kanchov at the end of 19th century there were 50 Turkish houses.
In 1899 there were 215 people according to the census of the Ottoman Empire.Гаджанов, Димитър Г. Мюсюлманското население в Новоосвободените земи, в: Научна експедиция в Македония и Поморавието 1916, Военноиздателски комплекс „Св. Георги Победоносец“, Университетско издателство „Св. Климент Охридски“, София, 1993, стр. 245.
Education
A primary school named "St.St. Cyril and Methodius" is yet functional.
Economy
The main source of income is cultivation of tobacco.
Religion
The population is Muslim. There is a mosque at the center of the village.
Roads and transportation
Blatska is situated just north of the municipal center Hadzhidimovo and is connected with it by bus. There are two asphalted municipal roads passing through the village.
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