Official Name: | Leskovets |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality (Obshtina) |
Blank Info Sec1: | PK |
Blank Name Sec1: | License plate |
Coordinates: | 42.5922°N 22.9139°W |
Elevation M: | 730 |
Established Date: | 1576 |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
Timezone1: | EET |
Subdivision Type1: | Province (Oblast) |
Native Name: | Лесковец |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Pernik |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Leskovets |
Pushpin Map: | Bulgaria |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | 2342 |
Population Total: | 81 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Area Land Km2: | 13,884 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Andrey Stoichev |
Subdivision Name2: | Pernik |
Leskovets (Bulgarian: Лесковец, also transliterated Leskovec) is a village in western Bulgaria. Its located in Oblast Pernik, Obshtina Pernik.
The village of Leskovets is located in a mountainous region. Its located 2.5 km west of Batanovtsi.
Below the village there is a dam called Bushlyak, above the village is the Kavatsite dam, and even higher is the Lobosh dam.
In the village there is a ZOO - Alis.
The name derives from Leska, which means Hazel in Bulgarian + the Slavic suffix -ets.
The village shares a mayor with the neighbouring village of Planinitsa.