Svishtov

Svishtov
Свищов
Town
Church of the Holy Trinity (1867) designed by Kolyo Ficheto
Coat of arms of Svishtov
Svishtov is located in Bulgaria
Svishtov
Svishtov
Location of Svishtov
Coordinates: 43°37′N 25°21′E / 43.617°N 25.350°E / 43.617; 25.350
CountryBulgaria
Province
(Oblast)
Veliko Tarnovo
Government
 • MayorGencho Bozhinov Genchev
Area
 • Town110.721 km2 (42.750 sq mi)
Elevation
88 m (289 ft)
Population
 (2020)[1][2][3]
 • Town26,093
 • Density240/km2 (610/sq mi)
 • Urban
44,359
DemonymSvishtovian
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
5250
Area code0631
Websitesvishtov.bg/index_en.php

Svishtov (Bulgarian: Свищов [sfiʃˈtɔf]) is a town in northern Bulgaria, located in Veliko Tarnovo Province on the right bank of the Danube river opposite the Romanian town of Zimnicea. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Svishtov Municipality. The town is the second-largest in the province after the city of Veliko Tarnovo and before Gorna Oryahovitsa.

Court in Svishtov
  1. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - towns in 2009
  2. ^ (in English) „WorldCityPopulation“
  3. ^ ""pop-stat.mashke.org"". Mashke.org. Retrieved 9 November 2017.