- Paramun
Infobox Settlement
official_name = PAGENAME
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = BUL
subdivision_type1 = Provinces
(Oblast)
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3
map_caption = Location of Paramun
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leader_title =Mayor
postal_code_type =Postal Code|native_name=Парамун
|subdivision_name1=Pernik
population_total=56|population_footnotes=
population_as_of=2005
elevation_m=917
postal_code=2474
area_code=07733
blank_info=B|blank_name= License plate|
latd=42|latm=47|lats=31|latNS=N|longd=22|longm=44|longs=47|longEW=E|leader_name=Stanislav NikolovParamun ( _bg. Парамун) is a village in Tran municipality,
Pernik Province . It is located in westernBulgaria , 66 km from the capital city ofSofia and 14 km from the town of Tran, near theSerbia n border. Thetoponym is ofByzantine 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. [cite book|last=Чолева-Димитрова|first=Анна М.|title=Селищни имена от Югозападна България: Изследване. Речник|publisher=Пенсофт|location=София|date=2002|isbn=9546421685|oclc=57603720|language=Bulgarian|pages=p. 153]References
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