Zemen
Zemen is a town in Pernik Province, western Bulgaria. Located near the Pchelina Reservoir on the banks of the Struma River, it is the administrative centre of Zemen Municipality.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 2,110 residents
- Description: city in Zemen municipality, Pernik oblast, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Belovo”, “Bjelovo”, “Byelovo”, and “Белово”
- Postal code: 2440
Places of Interest
Highlights include Zemen Monastery and Peshtera Monastery.
Zemen Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Si1965go, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Zemen Monastery is a Bulgarian Orthodox monastery located one kilometre away from the town of Zemen, Pernik Province in western Bulgaria. The monastery was established in the 11th century.
Peshtera Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Miko Stavrev, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Peshtera Monastery of Saint Nicholas of Myra, also known as the Mraka Monastery or Oryahov Monastery is a medieval Eastern Orthodox monastery in western Bulgaria, located in the Mraka area at the village of Peshtera, near Zemen, Pernik Province. Peshtera Monastery is situated 3½ km north of Zemen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peshtera and Zhablyano.
Peshtera
Village
Photo: Spiritia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peshtera is a village, which is situated 2½ km north of Zemen.
Zhablyano
Village
Photo: Joancheto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zhablyano is a village, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Zemen.
Lobosh
Village
Photo: Spiritia, Public domain.
Lobosh is a village, which is situated 6 km northeast of Zemen.
Zemen
- Categories: municipality seat, city in Bulgaria, and locality
- Location: Zemen, Pernik, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.47986° or 42° 28′ 48″ northLongitude
22.7503° or 22° 45′ 1″ eastPopulation
2,110Elevation
600 metres (1,969 feet)Open location code
8GJ4FQH2+W4OpenStreetMap ID
node 273488965OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
725402Wikidata ID
Q405329
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Waray—“Zemen” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “ГР.ЗЕМЕН”
- Bulgarian: “Земен”
- Cebuano: “Zemen”
- Central Kurdish: “زێمێن”
- Chinese: “泽门”
- Chinese: “澤門”
- Czech: “Zemen”
- Dutch: “Zemen”
- German: “Semen”
- Greek: “Ζέμεν”
- Hebrew: “זמן (עיר)”
- Irish: “Zemen”
- Italian: “Zemen”
- Japanese: “ゼメン”
- Kazakh: “Zemen”
- Kazakh: “Земен”
- Kazakh: “زەمەن”
- Korean: “제멘”
- Lombard: “Zemen”
- Macedonian: “Земен”
- Persian: “زمن”
- Polish: “Zemen”
- Portuguese: “Zemen”
- Romanian: “Zemen”
- Russian: “Земен”
- Serbian: “Zemen”
- Serbian: “Земен”
- Slovak: “Zemen”
- Slovenian: “Zemen”
- South Azerbaijani: “زمن”
- Spanish: “Zemen”
- Swedish: “Zemen”
- Tatar: “Земен”
- Turkish: “Zemen”
- Ukrainian: “Земен”
- Vietnamese: “Zemen”
- Waray (Philippines): “Zemen”
- “Земен”
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