Radui
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File:Raduy_from_Visoka_mogila,_Viskyar_mountain.jpg
Radui is a village in Southern Bulgaria. The village is in Pernik Municipality, Pernik Province.{{cite web|title= Кметства|url= https://pernik.bg/%d0%ba%d0%bc%d0%b5%d1%82%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b2%d0%b0/|publisher=Obshtina Pernik|accessdate=18 March 2025|language=Bulgarian}} Аccording to the 2020 Bulgarian census, Radui currently has a population of 61 people with a permanent address registration in the settlement.{{Cite web|title=Census, Population of Bulgarian Settlements 2020|url=https://www.grao.bg/tna/t41nm-15-06-2020_2.txt|website=Grao.BG}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Radui
| area_total_km2 = 14.445
| coordinates = {{coord|42.730652|N|23.024826|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Bulgaria
| population_total = 61
| area_code = 07714
| postal_code = 2359
| elevation_m = 771
| subdivision_name2 = Pernik Municipality
| official_name = Radui
| subdivision_name1 = Pernik Province
| subdivision_name = Bulgaria
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_type = Country
| settlement_type = Village
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Venetka Vasileva
| map_caption = Radui village on the map of Bulgaria, Pernik province
}}
Geography
Radui village is in Western Bulgaria in Municipality Pernik, 20 kilometers from Pernik. The village lies at the foot of Viskyar mountain and borders Lyulin Mountain. The average elevation of the village is 771 meters.{{cite web|title=Село Радуй|url= http://bg.guide-bulgaria.com/SW/pernik/pernik/raduy|publisher=Guide Bulgaria |accessdate=18 March 2025|language=Bulgarian}}
Two kilometers west of the village, the remains of an ancient fortress have been discovered, signifying that the area had previously been occupied before the Middle Ages.
The first written proof of the village's existence dates back to 1452.{{Cite web|title=Information Radui village|url=https://svetimesta.com/%D0%91%D1%8A%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B0%20%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82/Raduy|website=svetimesta.com}}
Radui village is a protected geographical bird area. It lies in a continental climate area, while only the part of the village above 750 meters elevation, is specified as mountain climate.{{Cite web|title=Radui village information|url=https://www.pk.government.bg/section-126-content.html|website=Pernik government}}
History
According to the Ottoman texts, the village was moved twice due to Bulgarians running from Ottoman rule. It has been relocated by 2–3 kilometers from its previous location.
Legends say that the name of the village stems from three brothers looking for a place to live. One of the villagers found the place and exclaimed for everyone to rejoice, hence the name "Radui" which means joy in the Bulgarian language.{{Cite web|title=Radui village information|url=https://obshtinite.bg/%D0%BA%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE-%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B9/|website=Obshtinite.bg}}
Ethnicity
According to the Bulgarian census in 2011.{{Cite web|title=Bulgaria population census 2011|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-ethnic-loc2011.htm|website=Population Stat}}
| class="wikitable"
| |Number |Percentage(in %) |
| Total
|51 |100.00 |
| Bulgarians
|31 |61 |
| Turks
|0 |0 |
| Romani
|0 |0 |
| Others
|0 |0 |
| Do not define themselves
|0 |0 |
| Unanswered
|0 |0 |