The town of Cherven Bryag has a population of 15 000 inhabitants and lies at a distance of 50 km southwest of Pleven. Cherven Bryag is the centre of a municipality with 13 component settlements. The settlement is located at the site where the Panega River flows into the Iskar River. Cherven bryag is proclaimed for a town in 1929. The municipality is a rich agrarian-agricultural centre. In the region of Cherven Bryag are discovered a prehistoric necropolis, an ancient and a medieval settlement. The town is written in the Ottoman documents in 1430 under the names of Sarayar and Cheruvnik.

The tourist sights f the town are: the church "Sveta Bogoroditza"/Holy Virgin/ (1885), the temple "Sofronii Vrachanski", the remains of a medieval settlement and a church and the rocky formations in the region of the village of Resletz.