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Village in Vardar, North Macedonia
Korešnica Корешница
Village
View of the villageView of the village
Korešnica is located in North MacedoniaKorešnicaKorešnicaLocation within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°26′N 22°14′E / 41.433°N 22.233°E / 41.433; 22.233
Country North Macedonia
Region Vardar
Municipality Demir Kapija
Population
 • Total505
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesDK
ClimateCfa

Korešnica (Macedonian: Корешница) is the largest village in the municipality of Demir Kapija in North Macedonia. It is mixed ethnically Turks, Serbs, and ethnic Macedonians. It is seen from the main highway on the opposite side of Demir Kapija. Korešnica has several small festivals a year and an active village football club, which usually plays on these holidays. A company that develops asphalt is located here with another location near Klisura. Also, many village residents own livestock and produce dairy products such as white cheese.

Demographics

According to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 563 inhabitants lived in Korešnica, 530 Muslim Bulgarians, 18 Christian Bulgarians and 15 Romani. On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is written as "Kurešnica" and shown as a Muslim Bulgarian village. As of the 2021 census, Korešnica had 505 residents with the following ethnic composition:

  • Turks 272
  • Macedonians 106
  • Serbs 103
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 16
  • Roma 4
  • Albanians 4

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 382 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:

References

  1. Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 155
  2. Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927
  3. Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  4. ^ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 93.

Sources

Settlements in Demir Kapija Municipality
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