Arvati
Арвати Arvat | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 40°56′37″N 21°06′47″E / 40.94361°N 21.11306°E | |
Country | North Macedonia |
Region | Pelagonia |
Municipality | Resen |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 119 |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Area code | +389 |
Car plates | RE |
Arvati ( Macedonian: Арвати; Albanian: Arvat) is a village in the Resen Municipality of North Macedonia. Located 18.5 kilometres (11.5 mi) from the municipal centre of Resen, [1] the village has 137 residents. [2] It is situated east of Lake Prespa, at the foot of Baba Mountain.
In the 19th century, Arvati was part of the Manastir Sanjak, a subdivision of the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. In 1873, the village was recorded as having 45 households and 136 male inhabitants (80 Macedonian and 56 Muslims). [3] A few decades later, in 1905, Arvati's population consisted of 200 Macedonian Exarchate and 186 Albanians. [4]
According to some sources Arvati's population has historically consisted of Orthodox Macedonians and Sunni Muslim Albanians, with the latter forming a majority, [5] [6] much like the neighboring village of Krani. According to other sources historically the Christian population of the village was Bulgarian. [3] [4] [7]
Ethnic group |
census 1961 | census 1971 | census 1981 | census 1991 | census 1994 | census 2002 | census 2021 | |||||||
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Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Macedonians | 179 | 36.5 | 150 | 28.0 | 160 | 31.6 | 149 | 28.9 | 54 | 29.5 | 51 | 37.2 | 37 | 31.1 |
Albanians | 310 | 63.3 | 383 | 71.5 | 344 | 67.9 | 366 | 71.1 | 129 | 70.5 | 85 | 62.0 | 82 | 68.9 |
others | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.6 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
Total | 490 | 536 | 507 | 515 | 183 | 137 | 119 |
The mothers tongues of the residents, much like the ethnic affiliations, include 51 native Macedonian speakers, 84 Albanian speakers, and two with a different mother tongue. [8]
The religious affiliations of the village's residents also followed ethnic lines, with 51 identifying as Orthodox Christians, 85 as Muslims, and one as something else, as of the 2002 census. [8]
Arvati is home to four churches dedicated to St Nicholas, Sts Constantine and Elena, St Archangel Michael, and the Ascension of the Virgin Mary. [9]
Arvati
Арвати Arvat | |
---|---|
Village | |
Coordinates: 40°56′37″N 21°06′47″E / 40.94361°N 21.11306°E | |
Country | North Macedonia |
Region | Pelagonia |
Municipality | Resen |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 119 |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Area code | +389 |
Car plates | RE |
Arvati ( Macedonian: Арвати; Albanian: Arvat) is a village in the Resen Municipality of North Macedonia. Located 18.5 kilometres (11.5 mi) from the municipal centre of Resen, [1] the village has 137 residents. [2] It is situated east of Lake Prespa, at the foot of Baba Mountain.
In the 19th century, Arvati was part of the Manastir Sanjak, a subdivision of the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. In 1873, the village was recorded as having 45 households and 136 male inhabitants (80 Macedonian and 56 Muslims). [3] A few decades later, in 1905, Arvati's population consisted of 200 Macedonian Exarchate and 186 Albanians. [4]
According to some sources Arvati's population has historically consisted of Orthodox Macedonians and Sunni Muslim Albanians, with the latter forming a majority, [5] [6] much like the neighboring village of Krani. According to other sources historically the Christian population of the village was Bulgarian. [3] [4] [7]
Ethnic group |
census 1961 | census 1971 | census 1981 | census 1991 | census 1994 | census 2002 | census 2021 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Macedonians | 179 | 36.5 | 150 | 28.0 | 160 | 31.6 | 149 | 28.9 | 54 | 29.5 | 51 | 37.2 | 37 | 31.1 |
Albanians | 310 | 63.3 | 383 | 71.5 | 344 | 67.9 | 366 | 71.1 | 129 | 70.5 | 85 | 62.0 | 82 | 68.9 |
others | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.6 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
Total | 490 | 536 | 507 | 515 | 183 | 137 | 119 |
The mothers tongues of the residents, much like the ethnic affiliations, include 51 native Macedonian speakers, 84 Albanian speakers, and two with a different mother tongue. [8]
The religious affiliations of the village's residents also followed ethnic lines, with 51 identifying as Orthodox Christians, 85 as Muslims, and one as something else, as of the 2002 census. [8]
Arvati is home to four churches dedicated to St Nicholas, Sts Constantine and Elena, St Archangel Michael, and the Ascension of the Virgin Mary. [9]