Bulgaria
Pleven
Grivica

Grivitsa

Grivitsa is a village in Pleven Municipality, , central northern . It is primarily known as the site of one of the key engagements in the Siege of Plevna during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 1,410 residents
  • Description: village in Pleven municipality, Pleven oblast, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Griwiza”
  • Postal code: 5841

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grivitsa.

Aerodrome
Airfield is a public use airfield located 1 nm east of , , . is situated 2½ km east of Grivitsa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vurbica and Pleven.

Village
Varbitsa is a village in northern , part of , Pleven Municipality, 13 km north-east from city. As per the census of 1st of February 2011, the village has a population of 530 inhabitants. is situated 6 km north of Grivitsa.

Photo: Atsirlin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in , a major economic and industrial hub. The 1877 Siege of was one of the key battles of Bulgaria's Liberation War, and it's commemorated in various ways throughout the city, most notably by the Panorama.

Village
Photo: Valsiliv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 8 km south of Grivitsa.

Grivitsa

Latitude
43.41248° or 43° 24′ 45″ north
Longitude
24.70122° or 24° 42′ 4″ east
Population
1,410
Elevation
210 metres (689 feet)
Open location code
8GM6CP62+XF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 273875934
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
731029
Wiki­data ID
Q2990475
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Grivitsa” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Гривица”
  • Bulgarian: “С.ГРИВИЦА”
  • Cebuano: “Grivica”
  • Chechen: “Гривица”
  • Chinese: “Grivitsa”
  • French: “Grivitsa”
  • Georgian: “გრივიცა”
  • Japanese: “グリヴィツァ”
  • Kazakh: “Grïvïca”
  • Kazakh: “Гривица”
  • Kazakh: “گرىيۆىيتسا”
  • Malay: “Grivitsa”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Grivitsa”
  • Polish: “Griwica”
  • Romanian: “Grivița, Plevna”
  • Romanian: “Grivița”
  • Russian: “Гривица”
  • Swedish: “Grivitsa”
  • Tatar: “Гривица”
  • Turkish: “Griviçe”
  • Turkish: “Grivitsa (Bulgaristan)”
  • Turkish: “Grivitsa, Bulgaristan”
  • Ukrainian: “Гривиця”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Grivitsa”. Photo: Pamporoff, Public domain.