Paisiy (village)
Paisiy 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.
Geography
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.History
Near Paisiy village there are traces of Thracian and Roman settlements and a preserved old Roman road.Before 1934 the village was known as Arnauti, so named because of the Arnauts living there during Ottoman times.
Buildings
- The school was built in 1936 and was closed in the 1970s due to a lack of pupils.
- Paisiy is one of the few villages in the municipality lacking a community hall and library.
Ethnicity
According to the Paisiy village records in October 2025.| Number | Percentage | |
| Total | 170 | 100.00 |
| Bulgarians | 60 | 35.29 |
| Turks | 73 | 42.94 |
| Romani | 0 | 0 |
| British | 14 | 8.23 |
| Polish | 7 | 4.12 |
| USA | 3 | 1.76 |
| Do not define themselves | 0 | 0 |
| Unanswered | 13 | 7.64 |