Roman (Bulgaria)
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| Oblast : | Wraza | ||
| Residents : | 2570 (December 31, 2016) | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 15 ' N , 23 ° 55' E | ||
| Height : | 149 m | ||
| Postal code : | 3130 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+359) 09123 | ||
| License plate : | BP | ||
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| Mayor : | Krasimir Petkov | ||
| Website : | www.roman-bg.com | ||
Roman (bulg. Роман) is a city in northwest Bulgaria , in the Oblast of Vraza , near the city of Mesdra . Roman is the administrative center of the Roman municipality of the same name .
location
Prawez is 30 km south of Roman, Sofia is 70 km southwest of Roman.
The municipality of Roman is located in the south-eastern part of the Wraza Oblast in north-western Bulgaria. To the south it is bordered by the Pleven and Lovech oblasts and to the south by the Sofia-City Oblast . The municipality borders in the west on the municipality Mesdra , in the north on the municipality Bjala Slatina , in the east on the municipalities Cherven Brjag , Lukowit and Jablaniza and in the south on the municipalities Prawez and Botevgrad .
The city of Roman, with 3512 inhabitants located directly at the confluence of the Little Iskar and the Iskar , is the administrative center of the municipality of the same name. Roman is 150 m above sea level. It is 42 kilometers to the west to the oblast center and the city of Wraza , 29 kilometers to the west to Mesdra and 120 kilometers (road) and 109 kilometers (railroad) to the southwest to the capital Sofia .
In addition to the town, the Roman municipality includes 12 villages: Dolna Beschowiza , Kameno Pole , Karasch , Kunino , Kurnowo , Markowo Rawnischte , Radowene , Sinjo Bardo , Sredni Rat , Stojanowzi , Strupez , Chubawene . The area of the municipality covers 8.3% of the territory of the oblast. There are 7 mayor's offices and 4 local offices (something like secondary mayor's offices).
history
The city stands on the remains of an old settlement from the Bronze Age. The place was first mentioned in an Ottoman tax register ( Tımar ) from 1430. The end of the Ottoman rule over the place came on November 27, 1877. The name of the city is derived from the medieval Roman fortress. Almost nothing is left of the fortress today. Since 1897, Roman has had a train station on the Sofia-Varna railway line, the central railway line in northern Bulgaria. A cell of the Bulgarian Socialist Workers' Party was established in Roman in 1913 . During the June coup on June 9, 1923, the station was taken by a fascist group. The residents of Roman took part in the anti-fascist struggle from 1941 to 1944.
The Roman community was founded as the Central Obschtina Roman by order of August 1, 1934 . The Roman Community Center was elevated to a town on September 4, 1974. It is the administrative and organizational center of the community. Roman is roughly in the middle of the parish. There is a train connection to the capital Sofia. 50% of the community's residents live in Roman.
Since 2010, the city has given its name to the Roman Knoll , a hill in graham land in Antarctica.
economy
After the liberation of Bulgaria in 1878, Roman developed rapidly with the construction of the Sofia-Varna railway line. The city became an important loading point for wood, cattle, wool and dairy products.
After the forests were cut down, stone processing and trade established themselves as a new source of income. Among other things, workshops for woodworking, brickworks and schnapps distilleries were opened. A few industrial companies emerged. The largest was a factory for metal goods (steel wire, steel ropes, etc.), which produced large quantities of steel and obtained the raw materials for it from Kremikowski. The metal goods factory founded in 1978 is now Metizi (steel wires an steel cables), the only producer of steel cables in Bulgaria.
A canning factory and a hydroelectric power station were also built on the Iskar River.
Demographics
The region of northwestern Bulgaria has the smallest population in Bulgaria, a total of 580,000 inhabitants. Most of these residents are concentrated in the municipalities of Wraza , Widin and Montana . At 0.3%, the proportion of ethnic Turks is very low compared to the national average, while the proportion of Sinti and Roma at 6.2% of the population in this region is relatively high. The decrease in the region's population is very high at −12.2%.
Population development in Roman:
- 1946: 1,749 inhabitants
- 1985: 4,137 inhabitants
- 1992: 3,780 inhabitants
- 2002: 3,512 inhabitants
This negative population growth is a major problem for the Northwestern Bulgaria region. The population is aging.
