Paramun

Paramun Парамун
Paramun Location of Paramun
Coordinates: 42°47′31″N 22°44′47″E / 42.79194°N 22.74639°ECoordinates: 42°47′31″N 22°44′47″E / 42.79194°N 22.74639°E
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.

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External picture gallery of the village

Paramunska Chuka

Old house and new one

Water source

Water

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

Another view from the Paramunska Chuka

The Village - view from the Paramunska Chuka

The Village - view from the Paramunska Chuka