Bregovo ( ; Cercetări etnografice la românii dintre Vidin, Dunăre și Timoc
p. 223. .) is a

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in the very northwest of

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, situated on the east bank of the

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close to its mouth. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Bregovo Municipality,

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. The town is located close to the city of

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near the national border crossings with

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and

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. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 2,592.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
The name of the town was first attested in writing in 1560 in an Ottoman register. It is derived from ''breg'', meaning "shore" (in this case, the Timok shore), while '' -ovo'' is a common

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indicating a placename. A secular school was built in 1864, a post office followed in 1879, and a custom house emerged in Bregovo in 1895. A community centre (''

chitalishte A ''chitalishte'' (, ) is a traditional Bulgarian public institution and building that fulfills several functions at once, such as a community centre, public library, and a theatre. It is also used as an educational institution, where people o ...

'') was in its turn opened on 26 December 1897.

References

External links

Bregovo Municipality at the Vidin Province website
Towns in Bulgaria Populated places in Vidin Province Bulgaria–Serbia border crossings Romanians in Bulgaria {{Vidin-geo-stub