Vrutok
Vrutok
Вруток Vërtok | |
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Village | |
 Airview of the village Vrutok | |
  Vrutok Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°46′N 20°50′E / 41.767°N 20.833°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Polog |
| Municipality |  Gostivar |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 640 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | GV |
| Website | . |
Vrutok (Macedonian: Вруток, Albanian: Vërtok) is a village in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia. The village is situated on the slopes of Mount Bistra by the Korab mountains, near the town of Gostivar.
Geography
[edit]Its importance belongs to the water streams where the river Vardar (388 km), a major river in North Macedonia and Greece, rises. Nearby is the hydro power plant Vrutok with 49 MW capacity.
Demographics
[edit]According to ethnographer Vasil Kanchov's data from 1900, the village was inhabited by 460 Christian Bulgarians, 300 Muslim Albanians and 24 Roma people.[1]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Vrutok was inhabited by 929 Muslim Albanians, 128 Serbs and 150 Bulgarians.[2]
As of the 2021 census, Vrutok had 640 residents with the following ethnic composition:[3]
- Albanians 369
- Macedonians 203
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 56
- Turks 9
- Others 3
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1127 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]
- Albanians 846
- Macedonians 276
- Serbs 3
- Others 2
References
[edit]- ^ Кѫнчовъ, Василъ. Македония. Етнография и статистика. София, Българското книжовно дружество, 1900 p. 213.
- ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
- ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
- ^ a b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 85.
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