Плевен

Плевен is an appellation in Bulgaria across 4 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

220,744 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

59.86 × 75.69 km

Centre

43.4763° N, 24.6605° E

Grapes

Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Gamza, Merlot

Min planting density

1,112 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

7.4 km north-east of Pleven

Nearest city

58 km west of Svishtov 30,157 people

To the sea

276 km

Same latitude

Hokkaido (Japan), Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Red Hill Douglas County, Oregon (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

17–426 m

Mean elevation

157 m

Measured over the whole outline on 180,592 elevation cells of about 111 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 4

• Dolna Mitropolia
• Dolni Dabnik
• Nikopol
• Pleven

Sources

EU register of geographical indications