Враца

Враца is an appellation in Bulgaria across 7 communes.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

ЗНП (PDO)

Category

Wine

Protected since

2007-05-10

Area

291,772 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

89.39 × 81.64 km

Centre

43.4029° N, 23.5648° E

Grapes

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Misket Vrachanski

Min planting density

1,112 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

21 km north of Vratsa

Nearest city

28 km east of Montana 47,445 people

To the sea

282 km

Rivers nearby

Ogosta (15 km)

Same latitude

Hokkaido (Japan), Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Umpqua Valley (United States)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

20–1,526 m

Mean elevation

259 m

Measured over the whole outline on 59,846 elevation cells of about 222 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 7

• Biala Slatina
• Kozlodui
• Krivodol
• Mezdra
• Mizia
• Oryahovo
• Vratsa

Sources

EU register of geographical indications