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Tresonče

Coordinates: 41°34′N 20°43′E / 41.56°N 20.72°E / 41.56; 20.72
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Tresonče
Тресонче
Panoramic view of the village
Panoramic view of the village
Tresonče is located in North Macedonia
Tresonče
Tresonče
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°34′N 20°43′E / 41.56°N 20.72°E / 41.56; 20.72
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipality Mavrovo and Rostuša
Population
 (2021)
 • Total24
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Tresonče (Macedonian: Тресонче [ˈtrɛsɔnt͡ʃɛ]) is a mountainous village located in the Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality in western North Macedonia. It is a mountain village populated by Macedonian Orthodox Christians. There are also several Orthodox churches in the village.[1]

History

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The village is known to exist since 1467 (registered in an Ottoman book). The inhabitants of the village are called Mijaks.

Demographics

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According to the statistics of the Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 1320 inhabitants lived in the village of Tresonče, all Bulgarians.[2]

According to the Secretary of the Bulgarian Exarchate Dimitar Mišev ("La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne"), in 1905 there were 1680 Bulgarians (exarchists) in Tresonče.[3]

According to a 1929 ethnographic map by Russian Slavist Afanasy Selishchev, Tresonče was a Bulgarian village.[4]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Tresonče was inhabited by 454 Bulgarians.[5]

The village is traditionally inhabited by the ethnographic group of Mijaks,[6] the inhabitants identifying as ethnic Macedonians (as of the 2021 census; 24 inhabitants).[7]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ Православните црковни објекти во Тресонче, Македонска нација. May 18 2011.
  2. ^ Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 263
  3. ^ Brancoff, D.M. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne. Avec deux cartes ethnographiques", Paris, 1905 р. 184-185
  4. ^ Афанасий Селищев. „Полог и его болгарское население. Исторические, этнографические и диалектологические очерки северо-западной Македонии“. – София, 1929, стр. 26.
  5. ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
  6. ^ др Слободан Зечевић. Гласник Етнографског музеја у Београду књ. 36: Bulletin du Musée Ethnographique de Belgrade. Etnografski muzej u Beogradu. pp. 25–. GGKEY:L58360RG0XK. Мијаци насељавају Малу Реку (Галичник, Лазаропоље, Тресонче, Селце, Ресоки, Осој, Гари, Сушица).
  7. ^ Macedonian Census (2002), Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021
  8. ^ Македонска енциклопедија, том 2, МАНУ, Скопие, 2009, стр. 1364.
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