Brusnik, Bitola

Coordinates: 41°1′22.47″N 21°17′6.01″E / 41.0229083°N 21.2850028°E / 41.0229083; 21.2850028
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Brusnik
Брусник
Village
Air view of the village
Air view of the village
Brusnik is located in North Macedonia
Brusnik
Brusnik
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°1′22.47″N 21°17′6.01″E / 41.0229083°N 21.2850028°E / 41.0229083; 21.2850028
Country North Macedonia
Region Pelagonia
Municipality Bitola
Population
 (2002)
 • Total241
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Panorama of the village Brusnik, 1923

Brusnik (Macedonian: Брусник, Greek: Μπρούσνικ) is a village in the Bitola Municipality of North Macedonia.

Demographics[edit]

Erekovci is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467/68 as a village in the vilayet of Manastir. The inhabitants attested largely bore mixed Slavic-Albanian anthroponyms, such as Којо son of Коllar, Gon son of Çerp, Çerp son of Bajo and Gon Poçkar.[1]

According to the statistics of Geographers Dimitri Mishev and D. M. Brancoff, the town had a total Christian population of 944 in 1905, consisting of 488 Patriarchist Bulgarians and 456 Exarchist Bulgarians.[2] It also had 2 schools, 1 Bulgarian and 1 Greek.[2]

According to the 2002 census, total population is 241.[3]

Notable people[edit]

Tale Ognenovski - clarinetist and composer

References[edit]

  1. ^ Murati, Qemal (2022). "EMRA VETJAKË TË PROVENIENCËS SHQIPTARE NË VILAJETIN E MANASTIRIT NË DRITËN E DEFTERËVE OSMANË TË SHEK. XV". Studime Albanologjike. ITSH: 41. BRUSNIK Kojo, i biri i Kollar-it; Gon, i biri i Çerp-it; Çerp, i biri i Bajo-s; Dimitri, i biri i Gerg-it; Dimitri, i biri i Nikolla-s; Gon Poçkar.
  2. ^ a b Dimitri Mishev and D. M. Brancoff, La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne, p. 166
  3. ^ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 70.