Svishtov

Svishtov Свищов
Town
Church of the Holy Trinity (1867) designed by Kolyo Ficheto
Coat of arms
Svishtov Location of Svishtov
Coordinates: 43°37′N 25°21′E / 43.617°N 25.350°E / 43.617; 25.350
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Veliko Tarnovo
Government
• Mayor	Gencho Bozhinov Genchev
Area
• Town	110.721 km2 (42.750 sq mi)
Elevation	88 m (289 ft)
Population  (2020)[1][2][3]
• Town	26,093
• Density	240/km2 (610/sq mi)
• Urban	44,359
Demonym	Svishtovian
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	5250
Area code	0631
Website	svishtov.bg/index_en.php

Svishtov (Bulgarian: Свищов [sfiʃˈtɔf]) is a town in northern Bulgaria, located in Veliko Tarnovo Province on the right bank of the Danube river opposite the Romanian town of Zimnicea. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Svishtov Municipality. The town is the second-largest in the province after the city of Veliko Tarnovo and before Gorna Oryahovitsa.