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Municipality Svishtov

Town of Svishtov, Danube river, BulgariaSvishtov Municipality is situated in the northernmost part of Veliko Turnovo District and borders through the Danube River on the Republic of Romania and the following municipalities: Polski Trambesh in Veliko Turnovo District, Tsenovo in Russe District, and Levski in Pleven District. This is where the southernmost point of the Danube River (43° H 37` northern latitude), is located, which means it is the shortest way from the Danube through Stara Planina and the valley of Maritsa River, to the Aegean Sea. There are 1 town - administrative center Svishtov and 15 villages in the are of municipality.
Svishtov is one of the leading industrial and agricultural centers in Veliko Tarnovo District. Svishtov municipality is developing a mixed type of economy.
In the territory of Municipality Svishtov there are presently 120 official archaeological, art, and architectural monuments of culture of local and national significance.

Quick facts about Municipality Svishtov

In Bulgarian (Native transliteraion): Община Свищов
Region: North-Central planing region of Bulgaria
District: Veliko Turnovo district
Municipality: Svishtov municipality
Latitude: 43.6230011
Longtitude: 25.3540001
Altitude: 2
Area Size: 625.5km2
Population: 43606 people (2005)

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News Municipality Svishtov (41) »

2012-01-12 German Lignum Holding invests BGN 1.8 million in Svishtov municipality (Business)
2011-03-19 Svishtov-based Winery exports 1 million liters of wine to Vietnam (Business)
2011-01-08 Svishtov-based baby pap maker Slancho launch new production (Business)
2010-11-18 New ferryboat connection between Svishtov and Romanian Zimnicea (Transport)
2010-10-13 Svishtov-based cellulose-maker stops operations due to insufficient timber (Business)
2010-05-15 The Svishtov monastery (Culture)
2010-01-25 The Vardim Island (Travel)
2009-08-28 Svishtov-based Sviloza with loss of BGN 4.1 mln in the Q2 of 2009 (Business)
2009-07-24 Svishtov-based Slancho JSC with positive indices for 1st half of 2009 (Business)
2009-06-09 Svishtov-based chemical plant Svilosa fires 97 of its 105 employees (Business)

External links Municipality Svishtov

Svishtov Info (Svishtov)
www.ovchamogila.com (Ovcha mogila)
www.svishtov.bg (Svishtov)
www.visitsvishtov.com (Svishtov)
oreshschool.dir.bg (Oresh)
www.svishtov.bg (Oresh)

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