Bregovo
Bregovo
Брегово | |
|---|---|
 Bregovo | |
  Bregovo Location of Bregovo | |
| Coordinates:44°9′N22°39′E/ 44.150°N 22.650°E | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Provinces (Oblast) | Vidin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ilyan Barsanov |
| Elevation | 56 m (184 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 2,312 |
| Time zone | UTC+2(EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3(EEST) |
| Postal Code | 3790 |
| Area code | 09312 |
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Bregovo(Bulgarian:Брегово[ˈbrɛɡovo];Romanian:Bregovo) is atownin the very northwest ofBulgaria,situated on the east bank of theTimok Riverclose to its mouth. It is the administrative centre of the homonymousBregovo Municipality,Vidin Province.The town is located close to the city ofVidinnear the national border crossings withSerbiaandRomania.As of December 2009, the town had a population of 2,592.[1]
The name of the town was first attested in writing in 1560 in anOttomanregister. It is derived frombreg,meaning "shore" (in this case, the Timok shore), while-ovois a commonSlavicsuffixindicating a placename. A secular school was built in 1864, a post office followed in 1879, and a custom house emerged in Bregovo in 1895. A community centre (chitalishte) was in its turn opened on 26 December 1897.
References
[edit]- ^(in English)Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009ArchivedNovember 13, 2010, at theWayback Machine
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