Kozloduy
Козлодуй | |
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Town | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kozloduy in Bulgaria | |
| Coordinates: 43°47′0″N 23°44′0″E / 43.78333°N 23.73333°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Vratsa |
| Municipality | Kozloduy Municipality |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marinela Nikolova |
| Area | |
| • Total | 105.307 km2 (40.659 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 33 m (108 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 11,331 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 3320 |
Kozloduy (Bulgarian: Козлодуй pronounced [kozɫoˈduj]) is a town in northwest Bulgaria, located in Vratsa Province, on the Danube River. The city was liberated from Ottoman rule on 23 November 1877 by the Romanian Army under the command of the Imperial Russian Army. Kozloduy is best known for the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant, Bulgaria's only (as of January 2018) nuclear power plant, which is located nearby, as well as the second largest Bulgarian Danubian island, Kozloduy Island. The city is also known for the ship Radetzky, the boat in which the poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev and with 200 others crossed the Danube River in a final attempt to gather an army and liberate Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire.