Dunavtsi ( bg, Дунавци, , ) is a town in northwestern

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

, part of

Vidin Municipality Vidin Municipality ( bg, Община Видин) is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Vidin Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the ci ...

Vidin Province Vidin Province () is the northwesternmost province of Bulgaria. It borders Serbia to the west and Romania to the northeast. Its administrative centre is the city of Vidin on the Danube river. The area is divided into 11 municipalities. As of D ...

. It lies in the northwestern Danubian Plain, in a small valley adjacent to the

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. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 2,743 inhabitants.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
Dunavtsi was formed on 12 December 1955 through the merger of the villages Vidbol and Gurkovo, today regarded as town neighbourhoods. It was proclaimed an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

on 11 September 1964 and acquired

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on 4 September 1974. From 1949 until 1987, it was the administrative centre of a municipality, but today it is a part of Vidin municipality. The Vidbol River flows into the Danube southeast of the town. Dunavtsi is an agricultural town located near the

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...

–Vidin road, part of

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and IV Pan-European transport corridor, and the

Mezdra Mezdra ( bg, Мездра ) is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vratsa Province. It is located on the left bank of the Iskar River just north of its gorge through the Balkan Mountains. History Although the area around it has been inhabit ...

–Vidin railway. The town has a

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at Vidbol and a railway stop at Sinagovtsi–Gurkovo. The local

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is represented by a fodder factory. Since 2011, the

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has been Dimcho Skorchev.

References

Vidin Municipality Populated places in Vidin Province Towns in Bulgaria {{Vidin-geo-stub