Valchedram ( bg, Вълчедръм ; also transliterated ''Vǎlčedrǎm'', ''Vulchedrum'', etc.) is a town in northwestern
Bulgaria
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, part of
Montana Province
Montana Province ( bg, Област Монтана, transliterated: ''Oblast Montana'') is a province in northwestern Bulgaria, bordering Serbia in the southwest and Romania in the north. It spreads its area between the Danube river and the Balka ...
. It is the administrative centre of
Valchedram Municipality, which lies in the northeastern part of Montana Province. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 3,817 inhabitants.
[Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009]
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Valchedram is located in the western Danubian Plain, near the Tsibritsa and Danube
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rivers. The first school in Valchedram was founded in 1780. The town has an imposing Bulgarian Orthodox
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church ( bg, Българска православна църква, translit=Balgarska pravoslavna tsarkva), legally the Patriarchate of Bulgaria ( bg, Българска патриаршия, links=no, translit=Balgarsk ...
church of Saint Paraskeva (built in 1936), as well as a small museum.
Municipality
Valchedram municipality covers an area of 426 square kilometres and includes the following 11 places:
Besides the villages, the municipality also includes the Ibisha Island nature reserve
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in the Danube. The population is mostly Bulgarian
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* Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria
* Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group
* Bulgarian language, a Slavic language
* Bulgarian alphabet
* A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria
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, with a significant Roma minority (around 30%).
Gallery
Image:Valchedram-Church-Iankov-IFB.JPG, Church of Saint Paraskeva (1936)
Image:Valchedram-Monument-Iankov-IFB.JPG, Monument to the war victims
References
External links
Valchedram municipality website
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Towns in Bulgaria
Populated places in Montana Province
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