Strezimirovci

Strezimirovci (Serbian and Bulgarian: Стрезимировци; also Strezimirovtsi, Strezimirovtzi) is a divided village in easternmost Serbia and westernmost Bulgaria.

It lies in the geographic region of Znepolje (Znepolјe), at 42°48′N 22°26′E / 42.800°N 22.433°E / 42.800; 22.433, in a valley along the Jerma (or Erma) River, 830 metres above mean sea level.

[3] The new border did not take the location of extant communities, property, roads and rivers into account, it was drawn so as to give Serbia a strategic importance in future wars.

[6] As a consequence of this bisection, the village's population has declined significantly on either side of the border.

For example, the Serbian part had a population of 485 in 1948; by 2002, it had decreased to 53, of whom 47 Serbs (88.67%), 4 Yugoslavs (7.54%) and 2 Bulgarians (3.77%).

A war memorial to a Soviet Soldier in Strezimirovtsi