Studena is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

Southern Bulgaria Southern Bulgaria ( bg, Южна България, ''Yuzhna Balgariya'') is the southern half of the territory of Bulgaria, located to the south of the main ridge of the Balkan Mountains which conventionally separates the country into a northern an ...

. The village is located in

Pernik Municipality Pernik Municipality ( bg, Община Перник) is a municipality in the Pernik Province of Bulgaria. Demography At the 2011 census, the population of Pernik was 97,181. Most of the inhabitants were Bulgarians (91.4%) with a minority of Gy ...

Pernik Province Pernik Province is a province in western Bulgaria, neighbouring Serbia. Its main city is Pernik, and other municipalities are Breznik, Kovachevtsi, Radomir, Tran, and Zemen. Population Pernik province had a population of 133,750 according ...

. Аccording to the numbers provided by the 2020 Bulgarian census, Studena currently has a population of 1740 people with a permanent address registration in the settlement.

Geography

Studena village is located in Municipality

Pernik Pernik ( bg, Перник ) is a town in western Bulgaria (about south-west of Sofia) with a population of 70,285 . Pernik is the most populated town in western Bulgaria after Sofia. It is the main town of Pernik Province and lies on both banks ...

, 15 kilometers away west from Pernik and 25 kilometers away from

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

, the capital of

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

. It is located near the southern hills of

Vitosha Vitosha ( bg, Витоша ), the ancient ''Scomius'' or ''Scombrus'', is a mountain massif, on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Vitosha is one of the symbols of Sofia and the closest site for hiking, alpinism and skiing. Conveni ...

mountain and borders Golo Bardo. There is a nearby water dam next to the village, bearing the same name Dam Studena. The climate is continental, aside from the parts of the village which lie in a higher elevation than 800 meters, the climate above 800 meters is mountain climate. The name of the

stems from a story, according to which a Bulgarian freedom fighter along with his troops held the Byzantine empire army for one hundred days at the location before they overtook

. From that, sto dena, which means one hundred days transitioned roughly into Studena.

History

The initial name of the

was Istudene and can be found in Ottoman text dating back to the 15th century. The village's festive day is “Arhangelovden” and has been honored each year after the local church had been built. There is a church “Sveti Georgi” dating back to the 15th century that was renovated and can be visited in the

Ethnicity

According to the Bulgarian population census in

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References

{{reflist Villages in Pernik Province