Brenitsa ( bg, Бреница ) is a village in Northern Bulgaria. It is in
Knezha Municipality
Knezha Municipality ( bg, Община Кнежа) is a Municipalities of Bulgaria, municipality (''obshtina'') in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Knezha.
The municipality embraces a ...
,
Pleven Province
Pleven Province ( bg, Област Плевен or Плевенска Област) is a province located in central northern Bulgaria, bordering the Danube river, Romania and the Bulgarian provinces of Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo and Lovech. It is ...
.
Brenitza is in northwestern Bulgaria in the
Danubian Plain. It is south of the
Danube River
The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...
, west of the
Iskar River
The Iskar ( bg, Искър, ; la, Oescus) is a right tributary of the Danube. With a length of 368 km it is the longest river that runs entirely within Bulgaria.[Byala Slatina
Byala Slatina ( bg, Бяла Слатина ) is a town in Northwestern Bulgaria. It is located in Vratsa Province
Vratsa Province ( bg, Област Враца ''Oblast Vraca'', former name Vraca okrug) is a Bulgarian province located in th ...]
, from
Cherven Bryag
Cherven bryag ( bg, Червен бряг, also translated , ) is a town in northern Bulgaria, a capital of the Cherven Bryag municipality, Pleven Province. It is situated on the right shore of the Zlatna Panega in river Iskar, 137 km n ...
, and southeast of
Knezha
Knezha ( bg, Кнежа, ) is a town in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is the administrative center of the homonymous Knezha Municipality.
History
The town's name is most probably derived from the Slavic word '' knyaz'' ("prince, duke ...
.
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Villages in Pleven Province