Tran (Bulgarian: Трън, pronounced [ˈtrɤn], meaning "thorn") is a small town in Pernik Province, western Bulgaria. It is 27 kilometres away from the town of Breznik and 15 km from the border with Serbia.
The town was first mentioned in 1451 as Tran; its name was also rendered as Turun, Tuin, Turan, Taran throughout the 15th–16th centuries.[2] One distinctive feature of the town is that a unique dialect of the Bulgarian language is spoken in Tran, closer to Serbian than ordinary Bulgarian making it hard for Bulgarians from Pernik e.g. to understand. The Erma River which flows from the town has formed a magnificent george known as Transko Zhdrelo. Tran holds the Bulgarian lowest temperature record at −38.3°C (−36.94°F) registered in the winter of 1947.
Municipality
Tran is the seat of Tran municipality (part of Pernik Province), which includes the following 52 places:
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- 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
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Honour
Tran Crag on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Tran.
Notes
- ^ Source: Official population table as of 12 July 2006.
- ^ Чолева-Димитрова, Анна М. (2002) (in Bulgarian). Селищни имена от Югозападна България: Изследване. Речник. София: Пенсофт. pp. 174–175. ISBN 9546421685. OCLC 57603720.
See also
Coordinates: 42°50′N 22°39′E / 42.833°N 22.65°E / 42.833; 22.65
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