Tran, Bulgaria

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Tran, Bulgaria
Трън

Province (oblast)	Pernik
Population	2,913[1] (2006-07-12)
Altitude	329 m
Postal code	2460
Area code	07731
Geographic coordinates	42° 50' north, 22° 40' east
Time zone	EET (UTC+2; UTC+3 in summer)
Mayor	Aleksandar Nenkov

Tran (Bulgarian: Трън ['trɤn], Serbian: Трн/Trn, meaning "thorn" in both languages) 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.

One dinstinctive feature of the town is that a unique dialect of the Bulgarian language is spoken in Tran. This dialect differs so greatly from ordinary Bulgarian that someone from a nearby town such as Pernik could not understand it easily.

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.

[edit] Municipality

Tran is the seat of Tran municipality (part of Pernik Province), which includes the following 52 places:

Bankya Beraintsi Bogoyna Bohova Busintsi Butrointsi Dalga Luka Dokyovtsi Dolna Melna Dzhinchovtsi Elovitsa Erul Ezdimirtsi Filipovtsi Glavanovtsi Glogovitsa 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

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Source: Official population table as of 12 July 2006.

[edit] See also

• Torlakian dialect