Pretor
Претор
Village
Pretor
Pretor
Pretor is located in North Macedonia
Pretor
Pretor
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 40°58′46″N 21°03′42″E / 40.97944°N 21.06167°E / 40.97944; 21.06167
Country North Macedonia
Region Pelagonia
Municipality Resen
Population
 (2002)
 • Total142
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+389
Car platesRE

Pretor (Macedonian: Претор) is a village in the Resen Municipality of North Macedonia, on the northeastern shore of Lake Prespa. It is over 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of the municipal centre of Resen.[1]

History

Pretor's oldest church, St Sava, is dated from the 14th century.[2]

Demographics

According to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900 the settlement is recorded as "Pretorče" and as having 138 inhabitants, all Bulgarian Exarchists.[3] Pretor has 142 inhabitants as of the most recent census of 2002.[4] The majority ethnic group in the village has been the Macedonians.[5]

Ethnic
group		 census 1961 census 1971 census 1981 census 1991 census 1994 census 2002
Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  %
Macedonians 218 99.1 234 100 185 97.4 170 97.4 149 97.3 138 97.1
others 2 0.9 0 0.0 5 2.6 4 2.6 4 2.7 4 2.9
Total 220 234 190 174 153 142
Panorama of Pretor beach with the village in the distant centre-west and flanked by Lake Prespa to the centre-east and the Galičica mountains (east)

People from Pretor

References

  1. ↑ "Pretor". Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Цркви". visitpelagonia.mk. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 241
  4. ↑ Municipality of Resen
  5. ↑ Censuses of population 1948 - 2002 Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Sotyanova, Virginia. Българи от близката чужбина Македония, Албания, Сърбия, Румъния, Молдова, Украйна, Университетско издателство „Св. Климент Охридски“, Sofia, 2005, стр.43
  7. ↑ Mihaylov, Ivan. Спомени, т. IV, 1973, с. 139, Каспаров, Христо. Прв обид за портрет на преспанскиот револуционерен деец Панде Иванов Суджов (1882-1927). (2) - Крвавата драма одиграна на брегот на Преспанското Езеро, Македонско дело, година VII, број 349, 7.7.2000, с. 71.

40°58′N 21°03′E / 40.967°N 21.050°E / 40.967; 21.050

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