What is Pernik?
[[Image:Pernik-Bulgaria-view-from-Krakra-Fortress.jpg|thumb|250px|A view of Pernik]] [[Image:Pernik flag.png|thumb|150px|Flag]] [[Image:Pernik-coat-of-arms.svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Pernik''' ({{lang-bg|Перник}}) is a [[List of cities in Bulgaria|city]] in western [[Bulgaria]], about {{convert|20|km|0|abbr=off}} 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 Mountain|Lyulin]] and [[Viskyar]] mountains. == Twin towns == Pernik is [[Town twinning|twinned]] with: {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Balashikha]], Russia * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elektrostal]], Russia * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Huai'an]], China * {{flagicon|SER}} [[Jagodina]], Serbia * {{flagicon|MKD}} [[Kavadarci]], North Macedonia * {{flagicon|POL}} [[Lublin]], Poland * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Luhansk]], Ukraine * {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Nilüfer, Bursa|Nilüfer]], Turkey * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Orosei]], Italy * {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Orsha]], Belarus * {{flagicon|POR}} [[Ovar]], Portugal * {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Pantelej]], Serbia * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Pardubice]], Czech Republic * {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Pusztaszer]], Hungary * {{flagicon|MNE}} [[Rožaje]], Montenegro {{div col end}} {{Commonscat}} {{authority control}} {{multistub|geo|Europe}} [[Category:Cities in Bulgaria]]