Pernik



Pernik (Bulgarian: Перник) is a city in western Bulgaria, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) southwest of the capital Sofia. It is the capital of Pernik Province. About 75,000 people lived there.
The city is on both banks of the Struma River in the Pernik Valley between the Golo Bardo, Vitosha, Lyulin and Viskyar mountains.
Twin towns[change | change source]
Pernik is twinned with:
Balashikha, Russia
Elektrostal, Russia
Huai'an, China
Jagodina, Serbia
Kavadarci, North Macedonia
Lublin, Poland
Luhansk, Ukraine
Nilüfer, Turkey
Orosei, Italy
Orsha, Belarus
Ovar, Portugal
Pantelej, Serbia
Pardubice, Czech Republic
Pusztaszer, Hungary
Rožaje, Montenegro

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