Introduction
Place in Dobrich Province, BulgariaKamen Bryag
Камен БрягSaints Constantine and Helena Christian Orthodox Chapel in Kamen BryagKamen BryagLocation of Kamen BryagCoordinates: 43°27′18″N 028°33′02″E / 43.45500°N 28.55056°E / 43.45500; 28.55056CountryBulgariaProvinceDobrich ProvinceMunicipalityKavarnaGovernment • MayorTsonko Tsonev • Deputy MayorDobrinka YalnazovaElevation38 m (125 ft)Population (2010) • Total69Time zoneUTC+2 (ЕЕТ) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (ЕЕSТ)Post code9661Phone code+359 5744
Kamen Bryag is a village in northeastern Bulgaria.
It is located in Kavarna Municipality, Dobrich Province, on the Black Sea coast. The population was 76 in 2009.
Yailata National Archaeological Reserve is located two kilometers south of the village.
History
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Old names of the village:
Kamennik - medieval, not sufficiently confirmed.
Kaya Bey Kyo - by the Ottoman authorities - literally translated "The Village of the Stone Master". The name of the village originates from the lone rock in front of the Little Egg on the seashore in front of the village, symbolizing its location, as well as in general the rocky coast about kilometers high, not less than 30 meters high. In the area is also the Yailata locality, which is a huge stone formation.
Stânca - during the Romanian rule of 1919–1940.
Population
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The population of the village consists entirely of ethnic Bulgarians, descendants of settlers from the Balkan Mountains (Kotel and Elena regions) and Southern Romania. A compact group of ethnic Bulgarians, who previously inhabited Northern Dobruja, settled in Kamen Bryag as a result of the Treaty of Craiova.
As of the 2000s, the village is a popular summer holiday destination.
Cultural and natural sights[edit]
2 km south of the village is the archeological site "Yailata" with numerous tombs, stone dwellings and an early Byzantine fortress wall. To the northwest of the village is a large necropolis of Scythian tombs. At the entrance of Yailata, a Thracian altar of the sun is discovered and cleared. There are a number of megalithic monuments along the high coasts north and south of the village.
On July 25, 2007, an information center was opened in the village providing information about the Yailata archeological reserve and other tourist sites in the region.
About 1.5 km from Yailata is the Lamb, a gas field from the late 1950s that has been burning to this day.
