Golyama Brestnitsa ( bg, Голяма Брестница) is a small village in

Yablanitsa Municipality Yablanitsa Municipality ( bg, Община Ябланица) is a small municipality ('' obshtina'') in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan, north of Stara Planina mountain. It is named after i ...

Lovech Province Lovech Province ( bg, Област Ловеч, translit=Oblast Lovech, former name Lovech okrug) is one of the 28 provinces of Bulgaria, lying at the northern centre of the country. It is named after its main city - Lovech. As of December 200 ...

, northern

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. About 150 live here but some houses are holiday homes or for rental, making the village busier at weekends and during school holidays.

Geography

Golyama Brestnitsa lies in a hilly country facing the Danubian Plain to the north and the foothills of the

Balkan Mountains The Balkan mountain range (, , known locally also as Stara planina) is a mountain range in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. The range is conventionally taken to begin at the peak of Vrashka Chuka on the border betw ...

to the south. From the Danchova Mogila hill near the village there is a panoramic view to the Balkan peaks of Dragoitsa, Lisets, Vasilyov and Vezhen to the south. The village is located at 105 km north-east of the national capital

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via the A2

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and at 55 km of the city of

Lovech Lovech ( bg, Ловеч, Lovech, ) is a List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, city in north-central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the Lovech Province and of the subordinate Lovech Municipality. The city is located about northeast f ...

. There is a daily bus service to the village of Zlatna Panega and the municipal centre

Yablanitsa Yablanitsa ( bg, Ябланица; also ''Jablanica'', ''Iablanica'', ''Yablanica'', ''Jablanitsa'', ''Iablanitsa'', ''Jablanitza'', ''Yablanitza'', ''Iablanitza'', ) is a small town in the westernmost part of Lovech Province, central-north Bulga ...

(6 km away), from where there are buses to Sofia or

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daily.

Economy

The main employer is the Titan Cement Factory in Zlatna Panga. The village has a lively café/pub/shop and square, picnic area, town hall, post office, church and four B&B accommodations (guest house rooms and villa rental).

Citations

Villages in Lovech Province {{Lovech-geo-stub