Brvenica, North Macedonia

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Brvenica 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. In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Brvenica was inhabited by 105 Orthodox Bulgarians.

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Brvenica had 3,102 residents with the following ethnic composition: According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 2,981 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include: Much of the population Brvenica is temporarily working in foreign countries: Germany, Italy, UK, USA, Canada, Australia.

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