Beraintsi

View of Beraintsi.

Beraintsi (Bulgarian: Бераинци, pronounced [bɛˈra.intsi]) is a small village in Tran Municipality, Pernik Province. It is located in western Bulgaria, 82 km from the capital city of Sofia, 6 km from the town of Tran and 13 km from the border with Serbia. To the north is the Ruy Mountain, which rises 1,706 m above sea level. The village has a permanent population of 15 people, although during the summer period it increases to as many as 150 people. Beraintsi was first mentioned in 1447 as Braintsi. It stems from a family name itself derived from the personal name Beraya, a vocative form of Beray.^[1]

References

↑ Чолева-Димитрова, Анна М. (2002). Селищни имена от Югозападна България: Изследване. Речник (in Bulgarian). София: Пенсофт. p. 98. ISBN 954-642-168-5. OCLC 57603720.

Coordinates: 42°48′N 22°36′E / 42.800°N 22.600°E / 42.800; 22.600

Tran Municipality

Capital: Tran

Villages	Bankya Beraintsi Bogoyna Bohova Busintsi Butrointsi Dalga Luka Dokyovtsi Dolna Melna Dzhinchovtsi Elovitsa Erul Ezdimirtsi Filipovtsi Glavanovtsi Glogovica Gorna Melna Gorochevtsi Kashle Kozhintsi Kosturintsi Leshnikovtsi Leva Reka Lomnitsa Lyalintsi Milkyovtsi Miloslavtsi Mraketintsi Mramor Nasalevtsi Nedelkovo Paramun Penkyovtsi Prodancha Radovo Rani Lug Reyanovtsi Shipkovitsa Slishovtsi Staychovtsi Strezimirovtsi Studen Izvor Tran Tsegrilovtsi Turokovtsi Velinovo Vidrar Vrabcha Vukan Yarlovtsi Zabel Zelenigrad

Landmarks	Tran ravine

Culture	Torlakian dialect St. Petka Rock Chapel

Notable people

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