Rasnik 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, Rasnik currently has a population of 399 people with a permanent address registration in the settlement.

Geography

Rasnik 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 40 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

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. The neighboring villages are Meshtitsa and Viskyar. Rasnik village is located between the plain Bazglav and Viskyar mountain, at an average elevation of 782 meters.

History

Near the village, the remains of an ancient settlement have been found. The first written data confirming the existence of Rasnik dates back to the 16th century. There are remains of an ancient Roman road near the village. According to local non-confirmed legends, the village was first established in 1306. It used to be in another area but later moved to its current location. The name Rasnik stems from the fact that once in the area of the village the verdure was thriving. Rasnik translates into growth from Bulgarian language.

Ethnicity

According to the Bulgarian population census in

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References

{{reflist Villages in Pernik Province