Paisiy (village)

Paisiy (Bulgarian: Паисий [pɐˈisij]) is a village in Northern Bulgaria, in Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality, in the province of Veliko Tarnovo.

According to the 2020 census, the village has a population of 118 people.

[1] Paisiy village is at an elevation of 210 meters.

The village is positioned northeast of Gorna Oryahovitsa, in a small valley between the villages of Strelets, Lozen, and Vinograd.

Before 1934 the village was known as Arnauti (Арнаути [ɐrnɐˈuti]), so named because of the Arnauts (Bulgarian: Arnauti) living there during Ottoman times.