North-Central Bulgaria

Distance to capital city: 181.293 km from Sofia

Latitude: 43.65N

Longitude: 25.117E

Altitude: 0 - 49m above sea level

Province: Pleven District

Municipality: Belene Municipality

Area size of Village: 146,31 km2

Post code (ZIP): 5930

The Municipality

The Belene municipality is located in North-Central Bulgaria in Pleven District. The Municipality consists of 1 town (municipal center Belene) and 5 villages. The Municipality encompasses the fertile lowlands of Svishtov - Belene. The relief is flat. Out of the total area arable land is 172 sq. km and forests are 39.98 sq. km , mostly deciduous trees. Railway transport is of local importance, there is railway connection through Oresh station to one of the regional main points - Levski railway station, thus making the West - East connection and connection to Troyan town. The major natural wealth in Belene Municipality is Persina Natural Park. The Belene Danube archipelago consisting of 19 islands falls within the borders of the Municipality and the Park. One of them is Persin Island - the largest Bulgarian Danube Island, which the Natural Park was named after; the island is of 15 km length and 6 km maximum width. The following may be used in order to attract tourists: a bird-watching point on Golyama Barzina Island; place for recreation and fishing near the firth; cycling route from Persina enterprise to Kaykousha plant (10.6 km); fishermen settlement in the Hissarlaka locality.

The District

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 balneology.

There are more than 450 archaeological 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 Palaeolithic 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 artefacts can be seen in the History Museum in Pleven, the original artefacts are kept at the National Archaeological 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 Age.

Property with lots of potential!

The property is:

- 16 miles away from the town of Svishtov;

- 21 miles from the Municipality centre - town of Nikopol;

- 24 miles from the village of Obnova;

- 27 miles from the town of Levski;

- 37 miles from the town of Pleven;

- 59 miles from the town of Lovech;

- 65 miles from Veliko Tarnovo;

-75 miles from the nearest Ski resort;

- 68 miles from Ruse City and the border with Romania;

- 139 miles from Sofia - the capital of Bulgaria;

- 171 miles from Varna Airport and the seacoast.

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