Golemo Buchino
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Golemo Bucino
| elevation_m = 778
| image_skyline = Golemo-buchino-village-Bulgaria.JPG
| map_caption = Golemo Bucino village on the map of Bulgaria, Pernik province
| coordinates = {{coord|42.632791|N|23.12003|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Bulgaria
| population_total = 660
| postal_code = 2348
| area_total_km2 = 17.974
| official_name = Golemo Bucino
| subdivision_name2 = Pernik Municipality
| subdivision_name1 = Pernik Province
| subdivision_name = Bulgaria
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_type = Country
| settlement_type = Village
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Alexander Alexandrov
| image_caption = Skyline of Golemo Bucino village and Vitosha mountain
}}
Golemo Bucino is a village in Southern Bulgaria, in Pernik Municipality, Pernik Province.{{cite web|title= Кметства|url= https://pernik.bg/%d0%ba%d0%bc%d0%b5%d1%82%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b2%d0%b0/|publisher=Obshtina Pernik|accessdate=13 March 2025|language=Bulgarian}} Аccording to the 2020 Bulgarian census, Golemo Buchino has a population of around 800 people with a permanent address registration in the settlement.{{Cite web|title=Census, Population of Bulgarian Settlements 2020|url=https://www.grao.bg/tna/t41nm-15-06-2020_2.txt|website=Grao.BG}}
Geography
Golemo Bucino is at the foot of Lyulin Mountain. Highway Trakia passes close to the village. It is 18 kilometers from Sofia.{{cite web|title=Село Големо Бучино|url= http://bg.guide-bulgaria.com/SW/pernik/pernik/golemo_buchino|publisher=Guide Bulgaria |accessdate=13 March 2025|language=Bulgarian}}
The air is clean mainly due to a mountain air current passing through the village.
Culture and Infrastructure
There is a monastery 1 kilometer from the village. The Golemobucinski monastery "Vaznesenie Gospodne" dates back to the 18th century. It was partly renovated in the 19th century.{{cite web|title= Манастири - Големобучински манастир "Св. Възнесение Господне"|url= https://svetimesta.com/svetimesta.com/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%20%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%20-%D0%A1%D0%B2.%20%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%81|publisher=Sveti Mesta|accessdate=13 March 2025|language=Bulgarian}}
= Buildings =
- The community hall and library "Lyulinski Izgrev 1903" was built in 1903
- The church "Sveti Duh" was built in 2006 with donations from the villagers{{Cite web|title=Golemo bucino community hall|url=https://chitalishta.com/index.php?act=community&do=detail&id=939®_num=1033|website=Chitalishta.com}}
Ethnicity
According to the Bulgarian population census in 2011.{{Cite web|title=Bulgaria population census 2011|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-ethnic-loc2011.htm|website=Population Stat}}
| class="wikitable"
| |Number |Percentage(in %) |
| Total
|726 |100.00 |
| Bulgarians
|586 |81 |
| Turks
|90 |12 |
| Romani
|11 |2 |
| Others
|0 |0 |
| Do not define themselves
|0 |0 |
| Unanswered
|34 |5 |