Strnovac

Strnovac (Macedonian: Стрновац) is a village in northeastern North Macedonia, in the municipality of Staro Nagoričane. According to the 2002 census, it had 93 inhabitants.

Strnovac

Стрновац
Village
Strnovac
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 42°11′50″N 21°51′42″E
Country North Macedonia
Region Northeastern
Municipality Staro Nagoričane
Elevation
376 m (1,234 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total93
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
1303
Car platesKU

Geography

The village is located in northern North Macedonia. To the nearest city, it is 15 kilometres northeast of Kumanovo. Nikuljane is situated in the historical region of Sredorek, in the Rujen mountain region, on ca. 380 m above sea. The Pčinja river flows east of the village.

The cadastral area of Strnovac borders the town of Staro Nagoričane to the west, Dragomance to the north, Dobrača to the northeast, Makreš to the southeast, and Mlado Nagoričane to the southwest.

History

In the 19th century, it was part of the Ottoman kaza of Kumanovo. The village supported the Kumanovo Uprising (January 20–May 20, 1878), local Veljan Cvetković was one of the founding leaders.[1]

In 1905, the village was Serb, adhering to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, with 160 inhabitants.[2]

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, it had 93 inhabitants, the majority of whom declared as Macedonians (94%), the rest as Serbs (6%).[3] The families are Eastern Orthodox Christian. In the 1994 census, it had N/A inhabitants.

References
  1. Institut za savremenu istoriju (2007). Gerila na Balkanu (in Serbian). Tokyo: Institute for Disarmament and Peace Studies. p. 97.
  2. D. M. Brancoff (1905). La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne. Paris. pp. 126–127.
  3. "Macedonian census" (PDF). 2002: 179. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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