Cherven bryag

A medieval settlement mentioned in 1431 in Ottoman registers as Dobrolak. Under its present name Cherven Bryag was first recorded in the 16th century as part of the Ottoman region of Nikopol. On 26 June 1929, Prime Minister Andrey Lyapchev proclaimed the former village and station a town. A railway station on the line Sofia-Gorna Oryahovitsa-Varna/Ruse. It first appeared as a railway station settlement in 1899 on the newly built Sofia-Varna railway line. A starting point of a narrow-gauge railway line to Byala Slatina and Oryahovo, as well as of a normal railway line to Lukovit and Zlatna Panega. Today those lines are no more, out of service. The railway station is in the southwestern end of the town, opposite the central area. Among the local landmarks, the St. Sophronius of Vratsa Church located in the central part of the town is notable.

• Official Name — Cherven bryag • Native Name — Червен бряг • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Bulgaria • Subdivision Type1 — Province (Oblast) • Timezone — EET • Utc Offset — +2 • Timezone Dst — EEST • Utc Offset Dst — +3 • Leader Title — Mayor • Postal Code Type — Postal Code • Subdivision Name1 — Pleven • Population Total — 13,856 • Population As Of — 31.12.2009 • Elevation M — 187 • Postal Code — 5980 • Area Code — 0659

• Lyuben Dilov (1927-2008), writer, translator, editor • Margarita Lilowa (1935–2012), Austrian opera singer • Daniel Pavlov (born 1967), athlete • Tsvetomira Filipova (born 1969), rhythmic gymnast • Lyubomir Neikov (born 1972), actor and comedian

• Illustration — The Central Square with the Cherven Bryag Municipality Building • Illustration — The Post Office • Illustration — Saint Sophronius of Vratsa Church in Cherven Bryag • Illustration — The Cherven Bryag railway station • Illustration — Taganrog Hotel in Cherven Bryag