Vrutok

Vrutok
Вруток
Vërtok
Village
Airview of the village Vrutok
Airview of the village Vrutok
Vrutok is located in North Macedonia
Vrutok
Vrutok
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°46′N 20°50′E / 41.767°N 20.833°E / 41.767; 20.833
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipality Gostivar
Population
 (2021)
 • Total640
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesGV
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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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Кѫнчовъ, Василъ. Македония. Етнография и статистика. София, Българското книжовно дружество, 1900 p. 213.
  2. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
  3. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  4. ^ 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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