Balvan, Bulgaria

Balvan Балван
Village
Balvan
Coordinates: 43°05′09″N 25°24′44″E / 43.08583°N 25.41222°E / 43.08583; 25.41222Coordinates: 43°05′09″N 25°24′44″E / 43.08583°N 25.41222°E / 43.08583; 25.41222
Country	Bulgaria
Province	Veliko Tarnovo
Municipality	Veliko Tarnovo Municipality
Government
• Mayor	Rostislav Hristov
Area
• Total	33,670 km² (13,000 sq mi)
Elevation	134 m (440 ft)
Population
• Total	601
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Post code	5064
Area code(s)	06113

Balvan is a village of Veliko Tarnovo Province, North Bulgaria. The village is about 16 kilometers away from Pavlikeni and around 19 kilometers away from Veliko Tarnovo.

History

During the Liberation of Bulgaria around 60% of the population were Turkish. The village Vetrenci was the Bulgarian part of the village since 1944.After 1944 the population and the economy of the village grow up. It was made a new place for the farm machines and made mill and produce bread for many places in Veliko Tarnovo province.

Farming

The head production in the village is for bakery. It had different varieties of wheat and rye.

Honour

Balvan Point on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica is named after Balvan.

References

Veliko Tarnovo Municipality

Capital: Veliko Tarnovo

Towns	Debelets Kilifarevo

Villages	Arbanasi Balvan Belchevtsi Belyakovets Bijovtsi Boychevi kolibi Boychovtsi Bochkovtsi Boyanovtsi Brankovtsi Bukovets Devetatsite Dechkovtsi Dimitrovtsi Dimovtsi Dichin Doynovtsi Dolen Enevets Dolni Damyanovtsi Dunavtsi Emen Gabrovtsi Gashtevtsi Golemanite Goranovtsi Goren Enevets Hotnitsa Ivanovtsi Ilevtsi Kapinovo Kisyovtsi Kladni dyal Klashka reka Kutsarovtsi Lagerite Ledenik Malki chiflik Malchovtsi Margovtsi Mindya Mishemorkov han Momin sbor Natsovtsi Nikyup Novo Selo Osenarite Piramidata Plakovo Pojernik Popovtsi Prisovo Prodanovtsi Pushevo Pchelishte Purovtsi Radkovtsi Raykovtsi Rashevtsi Resen Rusalya Ruskovtsi Samovodene Samsiite Seymenite Semkovtsi Shemshevo Sheremetya Shodekovtsi Suha reka Surnentsi Terziite Todorovtsi Tseperanite Tserova koria Tsonkovtsi Ushevtsi Velchevo Vetrintsi Vilare Vodoley Voneshta voda Voynezha Vuglevtsi Vurlinka Yalovo Yovchevtsi

History	Rebellion of Asen and Petar Siege of Tarnovo First and Second Tarnovo Uprising Tarnovo Constitution

Landmarks	Yantra River Emen canyon Trapezitsa Hill Hotnitsa fall Pass of the Republic

Culture	Arbanasi Monastery Church of SS. Peter and Paul Church of St Demetrius SS. Forty Martyrs Church Patriarchal Cathedral Tsarevets Veliko Tarnovo University Hotnitsa Grandmas Nicopolis ad Istrum

Notable people	Saint Evtimiy Gregory Tsamblak Petko Slaveykov Stefan Stambolov Vasil Zlatarski Krassimir Balakov Maria Ilieva Kotoōshū Grigor Nachovich Dimitar Grekov Emiliyan Stanev Ilarion Dragostinov Mitkaloto Theodosius of Tarnovo Filip Totyu

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