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Mountain · Bulgaria + North Macedonia

Ruen

Elevation
2,251 m
#7,740
in the world
#29
in Bulgaria

Ruen is a mountain in Bulgaria and North Macedonia, rising to 2,251 m, the 29th highest we list in Bulgaria.

Nearest town
16 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Ruen

Ruen sits on the border between Bulgaria and North Macedonia, and is counted in each.

Key facts

Elevation
2,251 m (7,385 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Mountain
Region
Kyustendil
Coordinates
42.158, 22.516

How it ranks

Among peaks in Bulgaria
#29of 37
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#7,740of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Dukat1,881 m34 km
Gloška Planina1,756 m43 km
Šiljegarnik1,944 m44 km
Besna Kobila1,922 m48 km
Malyovitsa2,729 m58 km
Čemernik1,638 m67 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Ruen.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
Kriva PalankaNorth Macedonia20,82016 km
KyustendilBulgaria46,85620 km
KochaniNorth Macedonia34,25828 km
DelcevoNorth Macedonia17,41530 km
VinicaNorth Macedonia18,21831 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.