Planinitsa, Pernik Oblast Explained

Official Name:Planinitsa
Native Name:Планиница
Settlement Type:Village
Postal Code:2340
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Planinitsa
Coordinates:42.5992°N 22.8775°W
Elevation M:894
Blank Name Sec1:License plate
Blank Info Sec1:PK
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Pushpin Map:Bulgaria
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
(Oblast)
Subdivision Name1:Pernik
Subdivision Name:Bulgaria
Population Total:17
Population As Of:2024
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone1 Dst:EEST
Timezone1:EET
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
(Obshtina)
Area Land Km2:3.719
Established Date:1448
Established Title:First mentioned
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Andrej Stoichev
Subdivision Name2:Pernik

Planinitsa (Bulgarian: Планиница, also transliterated Planinica) is a village in western Bulgaria. Its located in Oblast Pernik, Obshtina Pernik.

Geography and climate

Planinitsa is in a mountainous region, 45 km southwest of Sofia and 12 km west of Pernik.

The climate is humid continental with cool summer and average temperatures of 22 °C and soft and snowy winter with average temperatures of 1 °C.

Events

Every first Sunday of July the village celebrates the traditional day of the village.

Name

The name derives from the Bulgarian word Planina, which means mountain + the Slavic suffix -itsa.

The village was recorded in historical records in 1448 as Planintsi.

Landmarks

Late antique and medieval fortress in Gradishte, 1.16 km west of the village of Planinitsa, on the eastern slope of Cherna Gora. The fortress was built in late antiquity on an area of about 3 acres. In the past, part of the fortress walls and the separate rooms to them were preserved. It also existed in the early Middle Ages.[1]

Political situation

The village shares a mayor with the neighbouring village of Leskovets, due to the small size of the village.

Notable people

References

  1. Web site:
        • Guide Bulgaria *** - Village Planinitsa
    . 2021-12-25. Guide Bulgaria. en.