Polski Trambesh ( ) is a town in central northern

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, part of

Veliko Tarnovo Province Veliko Tarnovo () is a province in the middle of the northern part of Bulgaria. Its capital city, Veliko Tarnovo, is of historical significance as it was the capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire. The province is divided into ten municipalitie ...

. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Polski Trambesh Municipality, which lies in the northeastern part of the Province. The town is located 36 kilometres from the provincial capital of

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, 45 km from

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, 35 km from Pavlikeni, 33 km from

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, 22 km from Byala, Rousse Province, and 40 km from

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. As of December 2009, Polski Trambesh had a population of 4,546.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - towns in 2009
/ref> The town is situated near the

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, in the central Danubian Plain. Polski Trambesh's name means "Trambesh of the fields", to distinguish it from Gorski Goren Trambesh ("upper Trambesh of the forests") and Gorski Dolen Trambesh ("lower Trambesh of the forests") in Gorna Oryahovitsa municipality. It is not known when Polski Trambesh was established, but in 1865 it was a village of 40-50 houses populated by

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and Turks. The construction of the

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-Gorna Oryahovitsa railway boosted its development in 1917, the village turned into an important merchant centre and some industry was established after

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. Polski Trambesh was proclaimed a town in 1964.

Municipality

Polski Trambesh Municipality has an area of 463.6 square kilometres and includes the following 15 places:

Honours

Trambesh Peak on

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, Antarctica is named after the town.

References

External links

Polski Trambesh municipality website
Towns in Bulgaria Populated places in Veliko Tarnovo Province {{VelikoTarnovo-geo-stub