Cherven Bryag, Pleven Province, Bulgaria


๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Cherven Bryag (ะงะตั€ะฒะตะฝ ะฑั€ัะณ) is a town in northern Bulgaria, a capital of the Cherven Bryag municipality, Pleven Province. It is situated on the right shore of the Zlatna Panega in river Iskar, 137ย km north-east of Sofia, 53ย km south-west of Pleven, 12ย km north-west of Lukovit, 56ย km east of Vratsa, and 55ย km south of Oryahovo. The name means "red shore" and refers to the reddish clay in the vicinity of the river.

Cherven Bryag is a medieval settlement mentioned in 1431 in Ottoman registers as Dobrolak. Under its present name Cherven Bryag was first recorded in the 16th century as part of the Ottoman region of Nikopol. On 26 June 1929, Prime Minister Andrey Lyapchev proclaimed the former village and station a town.

Cherven Bryag is a railway station on the line Sofia-Gorna Oryahovitsa-Varna/Ruse. It first appeared as a railway station settlement in 1899 on the newly built Sofia-Varna railway line. Cherven Bryag was a starting point of a narrow-gauge railway line to Byala Slatina and Oryahovo, as well as of a normal railway line to Lukovit and Zlatna Panega. Today those lines are no more, out of service. The railway station is in the south-western end of the town, opposite the central area.

Among the local landmarks, the St. Sophronius of Vratsa Church located in the central part of the town is notable.

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Cherven Bryag has a population of over 30,524 people. Cherven Bryag also forms part of the wider Pleven Province which has a population of over 269,752 people. Cherven Bryag is situated near Pleven.

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Antipodal to Cherven Bryag is: -155.933,-43.267

Locations Near: Cherven Bryag 24.0667,43.2667

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Vratsa 23.56,43.211 d: 41.5  

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Pleven 24.62,43.408 d: 47.4  

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Montana 23.237,43.414 d: 69.1  

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Sofia 23.324,42.697 d: 87.5  

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Craiova 23.814,44.325 d: 119.4  

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Pazardzhik 24.333,42.2 d: 120.6  

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Slatina 24.35,44.417 d: 129.9  

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Pernik 23.038,42.61 d: 111.1  

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Gabrovo 25.317,42.867 d: 110.9  

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Dimitrovgrad 22.778,43.015 d: 108.2  

Antipodal to: Cherven Bryag -155.933,-43.267

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17091.9  

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16974  

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16497.5  

๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16409.9  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13010.2  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12899.9  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12883.3  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 12880.8  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 12880.5  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 12832.9  

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