Archar (village)

Archar
Арчар
Village
Archar is located in Bulgaria
Archar
Archar
Location of Archar, Bulgaria
Coordinates: 43°48′39.34″N 22°55′7.91″E / 43.8109278°N 22.9188639°E / 43.8109278; 22.9188639
Country Bulgaria
ProvinceVidin Province
MunicipalityDimovo
Government
 • MayorEmil Georgiev
Elevation
444 m (1,457 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total2,716[1]
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
3770
Area code(s)09317 from Bulgaria, 003599317 from outside

Archar (Bulgarian: Арчар) is a village in Bulgaria, located on the Archar river in the Vidin province.[2] In Roman times the town of Ratiaria, from which the name derives, has been an important port on the Danube.[3][4] The present day locality has been developing closer to the main road between Vidin and Lom. A fair is held in Archar on the first Saturday and Sunday of August.

  1. ^ "Tables of Persons Registered by Permanent Address and by Current Address". Official Site of the Civil Registration and Administrative Services (GRAO). Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  2. ^ Mintschev, Alexander (2003). Early Christian reliquaries from Bulgaria (4th-6th century AD). Varna Regional Museum of History. ISBN 978-954-8196-18-5.
  3. ^ Hoddinott, Ralph F. (1975). Bulgaria in Antiquity: An Archaeological Introduction. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-510-03281-4.
  4. ^ Nicholson, Oliver (2018-04-19). The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-256246-3.

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