Viskear 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, Viskear currently has a population of 89 people with a permanent address registration in the settlement.

Geography

Viskear village is located on the border between

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 ...

and

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 ...

Municipalities, and it lies in the foot of Viskear mountain. The mountain is low with the highest peak Mechi Kamak (1077m). Viskear village is located 15 kilometers northwest of

and 9 kilometers southeast of Breznik. Moreover, it is 10 kilometers northwest of Rasnik, while the capital

lies 45 kilometers to the east. The

is located at a high elevation with an average of 784 meters above sea level. The climate above 800 meters in the village is mountain climate, while below 800 meters is continental.

Others

There are 28 historical

Thracian The Thracians (; grc, Θρᾷκες ''Thrāikes''; la, Thraci) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Eastern and Southeastern Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied t ...

mounds near the village, which during

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Simeon Sakskoburgotski ordered it to become the site of a quarry and be destroyed. The local city council ruled against it and a massive outbreak took place. In the end, the municipality managed to preserve the historical mounts of national significance.

Ethnicity

According to the Bulgarian population census in

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References

{{reflist Villages in Pernik Province