Gabrovnitsa is a village in northwestern Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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. It is located in the municipality

Municipalities of Bulgaria

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 of Montana

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 in the Montana Province

Montana Province

Montana Province is a province in northwestern Bulgaria, bordering Serbia in the southwest and Romania in the north. It spreads its area between the Danube river and Balkan mountain. As of February 2011, the province has a population of 148,098 inhabitants, on territory of 3,635.5 km²...

, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from the district center.

The Vidin

Vidin

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 - Sofia

Sofia

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

 railway lines passes through the village. Below the line is the village itself and over the line is the military airport

Airport

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, which is now abandoned. The airport has a single runway

Runway

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. While it was operational, the airport had MiG-21 and MiG-23 aircraft and training fighters. It was responsible for air defense of the northwestern Bulgaria.