Valchedram

Valchedram
Вълчедръм
Valchedram is located in Bulgaria
Valchedram
Valchedram
Location of Valchedram
Coordinates: 43°42′N 23°27′E / 43.700°N 23.450°E / 43.700; 23.450
CountryBulgaria
Provinces
(Oblast)
Montana
Government
 • MayorIvan Barzin
Population
 (December 2009)[1]
 • Total3,817
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
3650
Area code09744

Valchedram (Bulgarian: Вълчедръм [ˈvɤɫt͡ʃɛdrɐm]; also transliterated Vǎlčedrǎm, Vulchedrum, etc.) is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Montana Province. It is the administrative centre of Valchedram Municipality, which lies in the northeastern part of Montana Province. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 3,817.[1]

Valchedram is located in the western Danubian Plain, near the Tsibritsa and Danube rivers. The first school in Valchedram was founded in 1780. The town has an imposing Bulgarian Orthodox church of Saint Paraskeva (built in 1936), as well as a small museum.