- Bregovo
Bregovo ( _bg. Брегово) is a
town in the very northwest ofBulgaria , situated on the east bank of theTimok River close to its mouth. It is located inVidin Province and is close to the city ofVidin near the national border crossings withSerbia andRomania .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 Slavic suffix 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 ") was in its turn opened on26 December 1897 .External links
* [http://www.district.vidin.net/obstnaen.php3?menuM=1 Bregovo Municipality at the Vidin Province website]
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