Vrav
village in Bregovo municipality, Vidin oblast, Bulgaria
Vrav (Bulgarian: Връв [ˈvrəf]; also Vrǎv or Vruv; Romanian: Vârf) is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Bregovo municipality, Vidin Province. Located on the right bank of the Danube at the place where the Timok River empties into it, Vrav is the northernmost populated place in Bulgaria and the first Bulgarian port along the Danube's course. The village has a Romanian (commonly referred to as "Vlach" in Bulgaria) population and lies 30 kilometres from the provincial capital Vidin and 12 kilometres from Bregovo (the municipal center).
As of 2022, the village has a population of 257. The mayor respresentative (appointed by Bregovo mayor) is Valentina Ivanova. Vrav is situated at 44°11′N 22°44′E, at an elevation of 42 metres above mean sea level.
Vrav lies opposite the Romanian village Gârla Mare in Mehedinți County, to which the residents of Vrav are related through kinship ties. The area is known for its characteristic horo dance. The locals are part of the ethnographic group of the "wet Vlachs" (мокри власи, mokri vlasi), known as such because they live at the confluence of the Timok and the Danube, to contrast them with the "bushy Vlachs" (рунтави власи, runtavi vlasi) of the mountains to the southwest along the Serbian border. "Vlach" is the name native Romanians in Bulgaria commonly receive.
The public source identifies “Vrav” as village in Bregovo municipality, Vidin oblast, Bulgaria. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Vrav, village and Bregovo.
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