Vardim () is a village in

Svishtov Municipality Svishtov Municipality () is a Municipalities of Bulgaria, municipality (''obshtina'') in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain (Bulgaria), Danubian Plain along the right bank of Danube river. It is named af ...

Veliko Tarnovo Province Veliko Tarnovo () is a province in the middle of the northern part of Bulgaria. Its capital city, Veliko Tarnovo, is of historical significance as it was the capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire. The province is divided into ten municipalitie ...

, north central

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, located on the right bank of the

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river. The village of Vardim is located in the central part of the Danubian plain about 10 km east of

Svishtov Svishtov ( ) List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, 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 S ...

towards Ruse. The village is believed to date back to the time of the Thracians and Slavs and shows significant remains from subsequent Roman inhabitants, particularly in the nearby Roman town of

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which has been dated to 45 AD and is considered to be the most examined Roman camp in Bulgaria. Opposite the village is the

Vardim Island Vardim Island (, ''ostrov Vardim'') is the third largest Bulgarian Danubian island (after Belene Island and Kozloduy Island). Located east of the town of Svishtov, opposite the village of Vardim (in Svishtov municipality, Veliko Tarnovo Provinc ...

Natural Reserve which is popular with

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as the island is a nesting site for the

great cormorant The great cormorant (''Phalacrocorax carbo''), also known as just cormorant in Britain, as black shag or kawau in New Zealand, formerly also known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, and ...

, the

black-crowned night heron The black-crowned night heron (''Nycticorax nycticorax'') r black-capped night heron commonly shortened to just night heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, including parts of Europe, Asia, and Nort ...

, the

common spoonbill The Eurasian spoonbill (''Platalea leucorodia''), or common spoonbill, is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae, native to Europe, Africa and Asia. The species is partially migratory with the more northerly breeding pop ...

and 21 nationally protected bird species. The reserve, which is located on what is known locally as Big Vardim Island, is managed by the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds which observes the nesting habits and populations of bird species on the island. This reserve is neighbored by two smaller islands known as Small Vardim Island and Haidushki Island. Vardim is a major launching point for tourist expeditions which frequent the popular white sand beaches of Vardim Island during the summer.

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{{reflist Villages in Veliko Tarnovo Province