Balvan | |
Native Name: | Балван |
Native Name Lang: | bul |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Bulgaria |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 43.0858°N 25.4122°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bulgaria |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Veliko Tarnovo |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Veliko Tarnovo Municipality |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Rostislav Hristov |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 33,670 |
Elevation M: | 134 |
Population Total: | 601 |
Timezone1: | EET |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +3 |
Postal Code Type: | Post code |
Postal Code: | 5064 |
Area Code: | 06113 |
Balvan is a village of Veliko Tarnovo Province, North Bulgaria. The village is about 16 kilometers away from Pavlikeni and around 19 kilometers away from Veliko Tarnovo.
During the Liberation of Bulgaria around 60% of the population were Turkish. The village Vetrenci was the Bulgarian part of the village since 1944.After 1944 the population and the economy of the village grow up. It was made a new place for the farm machines and made mill and produce bread for many places in Veliko Tarnovo province.
The head production in the village is for bakery. It had different varieties of wheat and rye.
Balvan Point on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica is named after Balvan.