Tresonče
Тресонче | |
|---|---|
 Panoramic view of the village | |
  Tresonče Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°34′N 20°43′E / 41.56°N 20.72°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Polog |
| Municipality |  Mavrovo and Rostuša |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 24 |
| Time zone | UTC+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
The village is known to exist since 1467 (registered in an Ottoman book). The inhabitants of the village are called Mijaks.
Demographics
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
- Dimitar Krstev, known as Dičo Zograf, icon painter
- Dimitar Pandilov - Artist skilled in Macedonian arts, considered the founder of modern Macedonian art.
- Andrey Damyanov - Although not born in Tresonče, his family was from there, he was a very famous architect in North Macedonia.
- Josif Mihajlović Jurukovski (1887–1941), mayor of Skopje, born in Tresonče
- Toma Smiljanić-Bradina (1888–1969), Serbian ethnographer, philologist, dramatist and publicist, born in Tresonče
- Sirma Voyvoda, Bulgarian rebel. Considered a national heroine in North Macedonia.[8]
References
- ↑ Православните црковни објекти во Тресонче, Македонска нација. May 18 2011.
- ↑ Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 263
- ↑ Brancoff, D.M. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne. Avec deux cartes ethnographiques", Paris, 1905 р. 184-185
- ↑ Афанасий Селищев. „Полог и его болгарское население. Исторические, этнографические и диалектологические очерки северо-западной Македонии“. – София, 1929, стр. 26.
- ↑ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Македонска енциклопедија, том 2, МАНУ, Скопие, 2009, стр. 1364.
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