Dobrogled is a village in Aksakovo Municipality, Varna Province, Bulgaria.Guide Bulgaria, accessed 4 September 2011.

Geography

Dobrogled is located in northeastern Bulgaria, approximately 13 km from Varna. It covers an area of 7.307 km² and lies at an elevation of 177 m.

History

The village was known as Elech until 1934.Nikolay Michev and Petar Koledarov, Dictionary of Settlements and Settlement Names in Bulgaria, 1878–1987, Sofia, 1989.

Records from 1914 mention the construction of a municipal fountain in the village, compensation paid to the local school board for the survey of transferred municipal lands, and legal proceedings concerning municipal land occupied without authorization by the company Grozd.Varnenski Obshtinski Vestnik, No. 39, 24 November 1914, pp. 2–3.

Population

The population of Dobrogled according to census data was:

Year Population 1934 274 1946 249 1956 198 1965 97 1975 68 1985 36 1992 57 2001 117 2011 281 2021 370

Ethnic composition

2011 census

According to the 2011 census, the ethnic composition of the village was as follows:

Ethnic group Population % Total 281 100.00 Bulgarians 233 82.91 Turks 4 1.42 Romani – – Other – – Undeclared – – No response 43 15.30

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