Vidin

Information about Vidin

Vidin
Map of Bulgaria, Vidin is indicated
Province
(oblast)		Vidin
Population68 506 (2005-09-13)
Altitude34 m
Postal code3700
Area code094
Geographic
coordinates		43° 59' north,
22° 52' east
Time zoneEET
(UTC+2; UTC+3 in summer)
MayorIvan Tsenov


Vidin (Bulgarian: Видин) is a town on the southern bank of the Danube in northwestern Bulgaria. It is close to the borders with Serbia and Romania, and is also the administrative centre of Vidin Province.

Geography and population

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A view of the Danube from Vidin
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Vidin Municipality
Vidin is the westernmost important Bulgarian Danube port and is situated on one of the southernmost sections of the river. A ferryboat complex, linking Vidin with Calafat on the opposite side of the river, is located 2 km from the town. The complex is to be replaced by the Calafat-Vidin Bridge.

Vidin is the 19th town by population in Bulgaria, but serious demographic problems have been experienced in the area since World War II.

History

Vidin emerged at the place of an old Celtic settlement known as Dunonia, where a Roman fortified town called Bononia was later constructed. The town grew into one of the important centres of the province of Upper Moesia, encompassing the territory of modern northwestern Bulgaria and eastern Serbia. Roman rule lasted until 46 AD.

When Slavs settled in the area, they called the town Badin or Bdin, where the modern name comes from.

Vidin's main landmark, the Baba Vida fortress, was built in the period from the 10th to the 14th century.

In 1356, Bulgarian tsar Ivan Alexander isolated Vidin from the Bulgarian monarchy and appointed his son Ivan Stratsimir (1356-1396) as absolute ruler of Vidin's new city-state. In 1365, the Despotate of Vidin was occupied by Magyar crusaders. Under Hungarian rule, the city became known as Bodony, but the occupation was short-lived. In 1369, a united Slavic Bulgarian empire drove out the Hungarian military, but in 1393 the whole of Bulgaria, along with the rest of the surrounding region, fell to the Ottoman Empire. This brought an end to Bulgaria's medieval state empire. Vidin was now the only region controlled by the indigenous Slavic population and not the invading Ottoman Turks.

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The central streets of Vidin


The Ottomans went on to conquer the despotates of Dobrudja, Prilep and Velbazhd as well. Vidin's independence did not last long. In 1396, Stratsimir contributed soldiers to assist the Slavic nations' bid to overturn the Ottoman Empire. Following defeat at the hands of the Ottomans outside the city of Nicopolis, Vidin finally fell under the sphere of the Ottomans, led by Bayezid I, as a punishment for their role in the hostilities.

In the late years of Ottoman rule, Vidin was the centre of Turkish rebel Osman Pazvantoğlu's breakaway state.

Landmarks

Vidin boasts two well-preserved mediaeval fortresses, Baba Vida and Kaleto, as well as many old Orthodox churches such as St Pantaleimon, St Petka (both 17th century), and St Greatmartyr Demetrius (19th century), a Jewish synagogue (1894), a mosque and a library of Osman Pazvantoğlu, the late 18th century Turkish ruler of northwestern Bulgaria, the cruciform barracks of 1798, and a number of old Renaissance buildings.

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Vidin Province
Област Види?

Capital Vidin
Population 128,050
Area 3,032.9 km²

Municipalities 11
License plate province code BH
Time zone EET
(UTC+2; UTC+3 in summer)


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1000 Sofia
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2050 Ihtiman
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Country Code: 359
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Danube
Donau, Dunaj, Duna, Dunav, Dunărea
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Motto
Съединението прави силата   (Bulgarian)
"Suedinenieto pravi silata"
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Bože pravde
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Vidin Province
Област Види?

Capital Vidin
Population 128,050
Area 3,032.9 km²

Municipalities 11
License plate province code BH
Time zone EET
(UTC+2; UTC+3 in summer)


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Calafat

County Dolj County
Status Municipality
Mayor Petre Trăistaru, Social Democratic Party, since 2000

Population (2000) 21,227

Geographical coordinates Calafat
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