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Brvenica, North Macedonia

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Brvenica ({{langx|mk|{{Audio|Mk-Brvenica.ogg|Брвеница}}}}) is a village in the municipality of Brvenica, North Macedonia. It is the seat of the Brvenica Municipality.

History

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Brvenica appears as being inhabited by an Orthodox Christian population. Most families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes.

The names are: Dimitri Arbanas; Gjuri-ca, son of Dimitr; Gjuro, son of Gjin; Rajko, son of Marin; Gjuro, son of Simon; Dimitri his brother;Dod-ka, son of Pavli; Pavli, son of Stok-o; Boja, son of Dimitr.{{cite journal|last=Rexha|first=Iljaz|title=POPULLSIA ALBANE GJATË MESJETËS NË HAPSIRËN E MAQEDONISË SË SOTME|url=https://www.academia.edu/23971339|issue=43|year=2012|pages=17}}{{cite journal |last1=Murati |first1=Qemal| journal=Studime Albanologjike|title= ALBANËSIA E "PROVINCAVE ONOMASTIKE" NË AREALIN E MAQEDONISË – DËSHMI E AUTOKTONISË SË SHQIPTARËVE NË KËTO VISE QË NGA PERIODA ANTIKE E DERI SOT |date=2012 |publisher=ITSH |page=61|quote= Këtu më poshtë do të sjellim një varg emrash personalë, në bashkëvajtje me emra kryefamiljarësh, te të cilët përmbahet ky emër me format Arbanas/ Arbanash e Arnaut/ Arnaud si element i parë (emri i të birit) apo i dytë (i të jatit) dhe si element atributiv i përkatësisë etnike, të nxjerrë nga defterët e regjistrimeve turke-osmane të shekullit XV. Nga shembujt e këtillë antroponimikë po veçojmë këtë fond emrash vetjakë sipas krahinave të ndryshme gjeografike. ... Dimitri Arbanas /fsh. Brevnicë TD III 83/,}}

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Brvenica was inhabited by 105 Orthodox Bulgarians.Vasil Kanchov (1900). [http://www.promacedonia.org/vk/vk_2_42.htm Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics]. Sofia. p. 212.

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Brvenica had 3,102 residents with the following ethnic composition:[https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__NaselenieVkupno__PodatociNaselenie/T1503P21.px/table/tableViewLayout2/?rxid=cc8e0490-07b6-4002-adf4-9b4891b66655 Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021]

  • Macedonians 2,973
  • Serbs 37
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 68
  • Others 24

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 2,981 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002), [http://www.stat.gov.mk/publikacii/knigaX.pdf Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion], The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 75.

Much of the population Brvenica is temporarily working in foreign countries: Germany, Italy, UK, USA, Canada, Australia.

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20161107202010/http://www.brvenica.gov.mk/ Official website]

{{Brvenica Municipality}}

{{Municipalities with an Albanian majority}}

Category:Villages in Brvenica Municipality

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