Country Bulgaria Post code 5064 Area 33,670 km² Province Veliko Tarnovo Province | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Elevation 134 m Area code 06113 | |
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Weather 19°C, Wind S at 16 km/h, 39% Humidity Municipality Veliko Tarnovo Municipality | ||
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.
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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
Balvan, Bulgaria Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA