Pernik Province, Bulgaria

Pernik District is one of the 28 districts of Bulgaria. It occupies an area of 2390.5 km² and has a population of 114,162 people according to the final data of the 2021 census. The postal codes of the settlements in the Pernik district are from 2300 (for the city of Pernik) to 2499. Its vehicle code is RK.

Geography
Pernik District is located in Western Bulgaria and in the geographical center of the Balkan Peninsula. Its borders are marked to the north by the Zavaloviskyarska mountain, to the northeast by Lyulin, to the southeast by Vitosha, to the south by the Konyavska mountain. This area, surrounded by mountain ranges with a height varying between 1000 and 2300 m, is naturally broken up by the Verillo-Ruy mountain range. This incised mountain relief includes the Pernishka-Breznishka, Radomirska and Zemenska valleys, crossed by the Struma River and its uppermost full-water tributaries. The basins are separated from each other by the difficult-to-pass gorges carved by the Vladaiska River, Struma River and Yablanitsa River. The preserved geographical names of the four internal regions are Graovo (including Perniško and Brezniško), Mrakata (Radomirsko), Kraishte (Zemensko) and Znepole (Trunsko). The larger urban centers in the Pernik district are Pernik, Radomir, Breznik, Zemen and Trun, and each of them (along with their nearby villages) is separated into an independent municipality (the municipality of Kovachevtsi is added to them).

 

Cities

Pernik

Breznik
Arzan, Babitsa, Banishte, Begunovtsi, Bilintsi, Breznik, Breznishki spring, Brusnik, Velkovtsi, Vidritsa, Gigintsi, Goz, Gorna Sekirna, Gorni Romantsi, Rezhantsi, Garlo, Dolna Sekirna, Dolni Romantsi, Dushintsi, Zavala, Kosharevo, Krasava, Krivonos .

Earthly
Berende, Blateshnitsa, Vranya stena, Gabrovdol, Gorna Vrabcha, Gorna Glogovitsa, Divlya, Dolna Vrabcha, Elovdol, Zabliano, Zemen, Kalotintsi, Mureno, Odranitsa, Padine, Peshtera, Rayantsi, Smirov dol

Kovachevtsi
Eglnitsa, Kalische, Kovachevtsi, Sosacha, Lobosh, Rakilovtsi, Svetlia, Sirishtnik, Slatino, Chepino

A pillowcase
Bogdanovdol, Bosnek, Viskyar, Vitanovtsi, Golemo Buchino, Divotino, Dragichevo, Zidartsi, Kladnitsa, Kralev dol, Leskovets, Lyulin, Meshtitsa, Pernik, Planinitsa, Radui, Rasnik, Rudartsi, Selishchen dol, Studena, Batanovtsi, Chuipetlovo, Montenegro, Yardzhilovtsi

Radomir
Baikalsko, Belanitsa, Boboratsi, Bornarevo, Vladimir, Gorna Dikanya, Galabnik, Debeli lag, Dolna Dikanya, Dolni Rakovets, Dragomirovo, Dren, Drugan, Zedna, Zhitusha, Izvor, Kasilag, Kondofrey, Kopanitsa, Klenovik, Kosharite, Negovantsi, Nikolaevo, Potsernentsi, Priboy, Radibosh, Radomir, Staro Selo, Stefanovo, Uglyartsi, Chervena Mogila, Chukovets

A thorn
Bankya, Beraintsi, Bogoyna, Bohova, Busintsi, Butrointsi, Velinovo, Vidrar, Vrabcha, Vukan, Glavanovtsi, Glogovitsa, Gorna Melna, Gorochevtsi, Jinchovtsi, Dokiovtsi, Dolna Melna, Dulga luka, Ezdimirtsi, Elovitsa, Erul, Zabel, Zelenigrad, Kozhintsi . Turokovtsi, Filipovtsi, Tsegrilovtsi, Shipkovitsa, Yarlovtsi

 

Other destinations

Zemen Monastery

 

Location

To the east it borders the city of Sofia, to the west with Serbia, to the north and southeast with the Sofia region, and to the south with the Kyustendil region.

The Pernik district includes the municipalities of Breznik, Zemen, Kovachevtsi, Radomir and Trun, and the main administrative and economic center is the town of Pernik.

 

Climate

The climate in the area has strongly pronounced four seasons - a warm but not hot summer is observed, while the winter is very cold. The spring is cool and with a lot of rain, it occurs towards the end of March and the beginning of April, and the autumn is warmer. In spring and autumn, the hair dryer is a frequent phenomenon.
In the areas near the mountains Vitosha, Lyulin, Golo Burdo and Lubash / in the areas of Rudartsi, Kladnitsa, Studena, Pernik, etc./ the climate is more humid and characterized by larger amounts of precipitation.

 

Tourism

There are two main mineral water sources in the district - in "Byala Voda" district and in the village of Rudartsi. The mineral water at the village of Rudartsi is used for balneo-prophylactic purposes and is sold as table water in the country and abroad.

The municipality of Pernik covers the Pernik valley along the upper reaches of the Struma River, part of the Vitosha National Park and the Ostritsa botanical reserve. Tourist huts and shelters, a resort center with mineral water in the village of Rudartsi, and dams in the villages of Jardzhilovtsi, Meshtitsa, Studena and Bosnek have been built in the adjacent mountains.

Near the village of Bosnek in Vito you can find the karst spring "Zivata voda" and the longest cave in Bulgaria "Duhlata". The proximity of Vitosha and the "Rudartsi" balneological complex located in the region are a good prerequisite for the future development of tourism and ski sports.

"Vreloto" is a water monocular and storied cave in the Bosnian karst region. 5 km north of the village of Bosnek, among centuries-old trees, is the "Living Water" cave. "Selimitsa" hut is located on the south-western slopes of Vitosha in the Lenishta area under the Selimitsa mountain of the same name. It is located in the middle of a coniferous and deciduous forest at 1305 m above sea level. On Golo Burdo, under Ranchovo Gradishte peak, there is a "Nightingale" hut.

Magnificent conditions for hunting tourism and recreation are also provided by the hunting farm "Vitoshko", where the state game breeding station "Vitoshko-Studena" with a nursery for mountain trout also functions.

 

Economy

In the regional economy, almost all branches of material production are represented, with ferrous metallurgy ("Stomana Industri"), electricity and thermal energy production ("Toplofikatsia-Pernik" JSC; "Electrorazpradelenie" EAD-Pernik district), machine building playing a leading role and metalworking industry ("Pramet" /Feromagnit/; "Struma" JSC "Inkoms - Tokoizpraviteli" JSC; "Solidus" OOD; ZGGM - JSC "Mineralmash" JSC), coal mining, etc.

The share of light industry (mainly tailoring), trade and services is growing.

Animal husbandry, plant breeding and the cultivation of cereals are developed in the district.

 

Transport

Pernishka region is characterized by a favorable geographical location, in close proximity to Sofia at the crossroads of trans-European transport corridors. To the west, the region is adjacent to Serbia.

Railways have an important economic importance. the lines Sofia - Pernik - Blagoevgrad - Petrich, Sofia - Pernik - Gyueshevo, etc.
The region has strategic positions for the development of the trans-European corridor No. 4. The E-79 highway passes through its territory, connecting Sofia with Thessaloniki and Skopje along one of the oldest trade routes in the Balkans.