Paramun

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]

Paramun Парамун
Village
Paramun Location of Paramun
Coordinates: 42°47′31″N 22°44′47″E
Country	Bulgaria
Provinces (Oblast)	Pernik
First mentioned	1451
Government
• Mayor	Stanislav Nikolov
Elevation	917 m (3,009 ft)
Population  (2005)
• Total	56
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	2474
Area code	07733
License plate	B