Pavlikeni ( bg, Павликени ) is a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Veliko Tarnovo Province
Veliko Tarnovo ( bg, Област Велико Търново, Oblast Veliko Tǎrnovo) is a province in the middle of the northern part of Bulgaria. Its capital city, Veliko Tarnovo, is of historical significance as it is known as the capital of ...
, Northern
Bulgaria
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, about 41 kilometers from the city of
Veliko Tarnovo
Veliko Tarnovo ( bg, Велико Търново, Veliko Tărnovo, ; "Great Tarnovo") is a town in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province.
Often referred as the "''City of the Tsars''", Veliko Tarnovo ...
. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous
Pavlikeni Municipality. As of December 2010, the town has a population of 11,604 inhabitants.
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History
Pavlikeni was a centre of ceramics
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and pottery
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in Antiquity as evidenced by the remains from Roman
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and Thracian
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times. Its name derives from the Paulician
Paulicianism ( Classical Armenian: Պաւղիկեաններ, ; grc, Παυλικιανοί, "The followers of Paul"; Arab sources: ''Baylakānī'', ''al Bayāliqa'' )Nersessian, Vrej (1998). The Tondrakian Movement: Religious Movements in the ...
s, a Christian sect settled in Thrace by Leo the Isaurian
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. The modern town emerged in the 13th–14th centuries as a village initially called ''Marinopoltsi''.
During the Ottoman rule of Bulgaria
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, the demographics
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of the village changed significantly, as many Turks
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settled to make it a purely Turkish village. After the Liberation of Bulgaria
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from Ottoman rule in 1877–1878, the Turks left to be replaced by Bulgarians
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Etymology
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from the Balkan Mountains
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and the villages of the plains. After the Liberation Pavlikeni developed as a centre of craftsmanship and trade, with many new buildings being constructed. Pavlikeni acquired town status in 1943 owing much to its position on the Sofia
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-Varna
Varna may refer to:
Places Europe
*Varna, Bulgaria, a city in Bulgaria
**Varna Province
**Varna Municipality
** Gulf of Varna
**Lake Varna
**Varna Necropolis
*Vahrn, or Varna, a municipality in Italy
*Varniai, a city in Lithuania
* Varna (Šaba ...
railway line.
Notable natives
*Nicola Ghiuselev
Nicola Ghiuselev (Bulgarian: Никола Гюзелев) (also ''Gyuzelev''; 17 August 1936 – 16 May 2014) was a Bulgarian operatic bass, particularly associated with the Italian and Russian repertories.
Biography
Ghiuselev was born on 17 ...
- world-renowned opera
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singer
*Kiril Rakarov
Kiril Manolov Rakarov ( bg, Кирил Манолов Ракаров, 24 May 1932 - 25 August 2006) was a Bulgarian football player who played as a defender. He represented Bulgaria at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1962 FIFA World Cup ...
- former Bulgarian national football player
Honour
Pavlikeni Point
Pavlikeni Point (Nos Pavlikeni \'nos pa-vli-'ke-ni\) projects 600 m from the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and is snow-free in summer. It is named after the Bulgarian town of Pavlikeni.
Location
The p ...
on Greenwich Island
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, South Shetland Islands
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is named after Pavlikeni.
Changes in the city
After Bulgaria
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became a part of the European Union
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Pavlikeni created a project, which was an idea to improve the city as a whole by using the European funds. Pavlikeni took over a half a million to improve its conditions of the city centre "Svoboda".
The project was realised starting 10 May 2012, with having 120 days to be completed in.
Economy
The town had a factory for steel disc wheels and rims which exporta around ⅝ of the production to the European union
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market. The other big factory in the town is Metarem, which makes farming transport machinery. There's also a cardboard factory.
Food economy
The town had one of the biggest companies in North Bulgaria
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for seeds, and a smaller factory for sweets and larger company for animal feed.
Education
*Tzanko Tzerkovski `s farming high school
* Bacho Kiro High School
*OU"Sv.Kliment Ohridski"
Transport
*Pavlikeni railway station - a stop on the Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...
-Varna
Varna may refer to:
Places Europe
*Varna, Bulgaria, a city in Bulgaria
**Varna Province
**Varna Municipality
** Gulf of Varna
**Lake Varna
**Varna Necropolis
*Vahrn, or Varna, a municipality in Italy
*Varniai, a city in Lithuania
* Varna (Šaba ...
line.
*Pavlikeni bus station
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Pavlikeni is twinned with:
* Pruzhany
Pruzhany ( be, Пружа́ны, ; russian: Пружаны, pl, Prużana, yi, פרוזשענע, Pruzhene) is a town in Brest Voblast, Belarus. Pruzhany is the center of the district in Brest Region, Belarus. Its population is about 18,500 people. ...
, Belarus (2000)
Gallery
File:Pavlikeni city centre project.jpg, The final design of the project for the city centre that must be completed in 120 days.
References
Towns in Bulgaria
Populated places in Veliko Tarnovo Province
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