City profile · Bulgaria · Europe
Pernik
Pernik · Bulgaria
City population
82,467
#9
in Bulgaria
#7,005
worldwide
42.597, 23.033 · 26 km from Sofia
About Pernik
Pernik is a city in Pernik, Bulgaria with a population of 82,467. It is the 9th largest of the 55 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Bulgaria, and the 7,005th largest worldwide. It lies 26 km from Sofia.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Pernik
Elevation
751 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Sofia
Coordinates
42.597, 23.033
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 55 in BulgariaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.