Information about Gorna Oryahovitsa

The Municipality of Gorna Oryahovitsa is located in Central Northern Bulgaria, situated among the picturesque northern foothills of Arbanasska Bardo, on the border between the Fore-Balkan and the Danube Plain. The heights around the city are cut from the Yantra river gorge. It is the second largest economic center in the region of Veliko Tarnovo. The town of Gorna Oryahovitsa is the administrative center of the Municipality. The municipality includes 14 settlements (2 towns and 12 villages).
The region has a temperate continental climate and the relief is flat-hilly.

Advantages of the municipality:
Located on the international E-85 road, which is part of the European transport corridor №9;
The third largest railway in the Republic of Bulgaria. knot;
Existence of an international airport;
Large Energy Center;
Gas supply available;
Developed food, tobacco, chemical and mechanical engineering;
Attractive industrial buildings and terrains;
Existence of competitive specialists in the field of electrical engineering, machine building, food industry, economy agriculture, railway transport. transport;
Gorna Oryahovitsa is 3 km away. from the architectural reserve Arbanassi and 7 km. from Veliko Tarnovo.

With the exception of the southern part of the municipality where the northern part of the Arbanassi plateau (440 m above sea level) rises, the rest of the territory is occupied by the vast valley of the Yantra River and its left flowing river Rositsa, which outline the southern boundary of the Middle Danube Plain. Here in the bed of Yantra is also the lowest point of the municipality - 44 m above sea level. Northeast of the Yantra valley, parts of the Draganovo heights (they refer to the eastern Danube plain) with a maximum height of 371 m, situated to the northwest of the village of Gorski Goren Trambesh, fall within the municipality.

Most of the municipality's territory is in the temperate continental climate. The average annual temperature for Gorna Oryahovitsa is 11.5 ° C, while the average annual temperature for the whole of Bulgaria is about 10.5 ° С. The minimum temperatures for the year are in January, the lowest is measured in 1942 - 31,50 ° C, and the maximum is measured in July - 44,3 ° C (* Data from the meteorological service at Gorna Oryahovitsa Airport ). Precipitation is unevenly distributed in two rainy summits - autumn-winter and spring-summer. The average annual rainfall for the country is 670 l / sq m and for the municipality - 565 l / sq m, which is below the average for the country. In winter, snow falls mainly snow and the snow cover is steady and rain in the summer. The average speed of the prevailing northwestern and western winds is about 2m / s.

Number and share of ethnic groups according to population census in 2011

Number
Total 46,685
Bulgarians 38,642
Turks 2 264
Gypsies 626
Other 138
Did not answer 4 779

History
In the III - IV century the fortress, which in the Middle Ages was named "Ryahovets" was built. Its name derives from the plant species walnut, which is widespread in the area. Ryahovets fortress is built to protect the road that starts from the Roman city of Nikopolis ad Istrum - (located 14 km north of today's Gorna Oryahovitsa) to Augusta Trayana (Stara Zagora). After the arrival of the Slavs and the Proto-Bulgarians and the formation of the Bulgarian state in the area of the fortress a settlement emerged.
In the 12th - 14th centuries it emerged as an important defense bastion for the protection of the capital of the Bulgarian Kingdom - Turnovgrad, located only 6 km away.
The fortress "Ryahovets" became one of the big medieval cities - fortresses, existing in the Bulgarian state. Commemorated and destroyed during the 2nd Crusade by Vladislav III Yagelo in 1444.
After the burning of the fortress, the rest of the population moved to the territory where the modern city grew. Here all the branches of her craft trade have been successfully developed.
Gorna Oryahovitsa The city markets are famous all over North Bulgaria, and later merchants from all over Europe and from Asia are coming here.
The village of Gorna Oryahovica, declared for town in 1870, became one of the four capitals of the uprising during the five-century Ottoman rule, which broke out in April 1876.

The economy in the Municipality of Gorna Oryahovitsa is determined by the following sectors:
Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water;
Food industry;
Trade and repair;
Machine building;
Construction;
Transport, storage and communications;

Agriculture, hunting and forestry.
Production and Distribution of Electricity, Gas and Water
Gorna Oryahovitsa is an important energy center. Here is the branch of NEK-EAD, serving 5 districts: Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Razgrad, Silistra and Rousse. The branch serves the distribution system and the distribution of electricity on the territory of these areas. The Municipality of Gorna Oryahovitsa is a shareholder in Water Supply and Sewerage "Yovkovtsi" Ltd. and holds the largest share of the municipal part of the company 20%.

Trade and repair
On the territory of the municipality are developing commercial companies that carry out wholesale and retail trade with: building materials, heating materials, metal products, tobacco products, food products and others. goods. There is a modern and well developed warehouse with a built railway network.

Food industry
Manufacture of sugar, confectionery, alcohol, chicken, poultry and by-products, soft drinks, confectionery and bakery.

Machine building
Production of warehouse, lifting and domestic equipment, design, development and installation of warehouses, cast iron castings, details for metal cutting machines.

Construction
Manufacture of construction products and elements, production of aluminum joinery and building installation work.

The Municipality of Gorna Oryahovitsa has well-developed land, rail and air transport. Gorna Oryahovitsa Railway Station is one of the largest railway nodes in the Republic of Bulgaria, Gorna Oryahovitsa Airport is the fifth international airport in the country.
Air Transport
Gorna Oryahovitsa Airport since 1995 is the fifth international airport in the country, which accepts and sends all types and types of airplanes.