Sirishtnik
Sign in to saveSirishtnik (Bulgarian: Сирищник ) is a village in western Bulgaria, part of Kovachevtsi municipality, Pernik Province. It lies 25 km west of Pernik, at , 742 metres above sea level. As of 2005, it had a population of 268 and the mayor was Plamen Yanev. The village is situated on the banks of the Svetlya River, a tributary of the Struma.
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name
- Сирищник
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Sirishtnik_centre_1.jpg
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 742
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Bulgaria
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- bg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Opština
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Pernik
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kovachevtsi
- Settlement.leader_party
- BSP
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor (Municipality)
- Settlement.leader_name
- Vasil Stanimirov
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 20.106
- Settlement.population_total
- 371
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2024
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- kmetstvo of Bulgaria
- Official name
- Sirishtnik
- Country
- Ottoman Empire
- Located in
- Kovachevtsi
- Population
- 237
- Area
- 20.106
- Elevation
- 742
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Sirishtnik centre 1.jpg
- Dialing code
- 07727
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- postal code
- 2450
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- Sirishtnik
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- WikiProject Bulgaria
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- References
Sirishtnik (Bulgarian: Сирищник ) is a village in western Bulgaria, part of Kovachevtsi municipality, Pernik Province. It lies 25 km west of Pernik, at , 742 metres above sea level. As of 2005, it had a population of 268 and the mayor was Plamen Yanev. The village is situated on the banks of the Svetlya River, a tributary of the Struma.
Sirishtnik is the birthplace of former Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov, who, while born there, grew up in the neighbouring village of Kosacha, from where his mother and father stem.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sirishtnik” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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