Paramun

Paramun
Парамун
Paramun

Location of Paramun

Coordinates: 42°47′31″N 22°44′47″E / 42.79194°N 22.74639°E / 42.79194; 22.74639Coordinates: 42°47′31″N 22°44′47″E / 42.79194°N 22.74639°E / 42.79194; 22.74639
Country  Bulgaria
Provinces
(Oblast)		 Pernik
Government
 • Mayor Stanislav Nikolov
Elevation 917 m (3,009 ft)
Population (2005)
 • Total 56
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code 2474
Area code(s) 07733
License plate B

Paramun (Bulgarian: Парамун) is a village in Tran Municipality, Pernik Province. It is located in western Bulgaria, 66 km from the capital city of Sofia and 14 km from the town of Tran, near the Serbian border. The toponym is of Byzantine Greek origin, from the loanword paramun meaning "guard, watch, sentry". It was rendered as παραμονή in Greek and was retained in medieval Serbian as ПАРАМОУНЬ. The name was first mentioned in 1451 and 1453.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Чолева-Димитрова, Анна М. (2002). Селищни имена от Югозападна България: Изследване. Речник (in Bulgarian). София: Пенсофт. p. 153. ISBN 954-642-168-5. OCLC 57603720.


External picture gallery of the village

View from the Paramunska Chuka (at the far end of picture is peak Lubash)


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