Valchedram (Bulgarian: Вълчедръм [ˈvɤɫt͡ʃɛdrɐm]; also transliterated Vǎlčedrǎm, Vulchedrum, etc.) is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Montana Province. It is the administrative centre of Valchedram Municipality, which lies in the northeastern part of Montana Province. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 3,817.[1]
Valchedram
Вълчедръм | |
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  Valchedram Location of Valchedram | |
| Coordinates: 43°42′N 23°27′E / 43.700°N 23.450°E | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Provinces (Oblast) | Montana |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ivan Barzin |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 3,817 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 3650 |
| Area code | 09744 |
Valchedram is located in the western Danubian Plain, near the Tsibritsa and Danube rivers. The first school in Valchedram was founded in 1780. The town has an imposing Bulgarian Orthodox church of Saint Paraskeva (built in 1936), as well as a small museum.
Municipality
editValchedram municipality covers an area of 426 square kilometres and includes the following 11 places:
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Besides the villages, the municipality also includes the Ibisha Island nature reserve in the Danube. The population is mostly Bulgarian, with a significant Roma minority (around 30%).
Gallery
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Church of Saint Paraskeva (1936)
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Monument to the war victims
References
edit- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
External links
edit- Valchedram municipality website (in Bulgarian)
- Перчинков, Йордан (2001). Вълчедръм – докосване до миналото (in Bulgarian). Монтана: РИА Монт-прес.
43°42′N 23°27′E / 43.700°N 23.450°E
