Regionale Info

Pleven Region

encompasses the central part of the Danube Plain and a section of the fore-Balkan Mountains.

It is bounded by the regions of Vratza, Lovech and Veliko Tarnovo and north by the Danube River. Pleven Region is a well-developed agricultural region.

There are deposits of natural oil and gas near the town of Dolni Dubnik and the village of Gigen. The most important water resources in the region are the Danube River and its tributaries,
the Iskar, the Vit and the Osam rivers.

The region provides excellent conditions for ecotourism and balneological tourism.

There are more than 450 archeological and cultural sites, approximately 215 memorials of the Russian-Turkish Liberation War of 1877-1878.

Life in the region can be traced for several millennia back into the past:
remains from the Paleolithic Age near the village of Muselievo;
remains from the Chalcolythic Age near the villages of Telish and Todorovo,
in the forest preserve Kailaka; etc.

The largest Thracian treasure dated back to the 16-12th centuries BC was discovered in 1925, in the vicinity of the village of Vulchitrun.
It consists of 13 vessels of solid gold and weights a total of 12.45 kg.
A copy of the artifacts can be seen in the History Museum in Pleven, the original artifacts are kept at the National Archeological Museum in Sofia.

The Romans constructed roads, roadside transit stations and fortresses throughout the region; the ruins of the ancient Roman fortress of Ulpia Escus can be visited near Gigen.
Tsar Shishman’s Fortress in Nikopol reminds of no less turbulent period of the Middle Ages.

Quick facts about District Pleven
In Bulgarian Alphabets: Плевен
Location: North-Central Bulgaria
Area size of district: 4337km2
Population of district: 311985 people
Total Towns and Cities in Pleven province: 14
Total Villages in Pleven province: 109
Regional Center: City of Pleven
Municipalities in Pleven Dsitrict: 11