Brusnik
Брусник | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Brusnik Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°1′22.47″N 21°17′6.01″E / 41.0229083°N 21.2850028°E | |
| Country | 
North Macedonia |
| Region |
Pelagonia |
| Municipality |
Bitola |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 241 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Brusnik ( Macedonian: Брусник, Greek: Μπρούσνικ) is a village in the Bitola Municipality of North Macedonia.
Demographics
Erekovci is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467/68 as a village in the vilayet of Manastir. The inhabitants attested largely bore mixed Slavic- Albanian anthroponyms, such as Којо son of Коllar, Gon son of Çerp, Çerp son of Bajo and Gon Poçkar. [1]
According to the statistics of Geographers Dimitri Mishev and D. M. Brancoff, the town had a total Christian population of 944 in 1905, consisting of 488 Patriarchist Bulgarians and 456 Exarchist Bulgarians. [2] It also had 2 schools, 1 Bulgarian and 1 Greek. [2]
According to the 2002 census, total population is 241. [3]
Notable people
Tale Ognenovski - clarinetist and composer
References
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^ Murati, Qemal (2022). "EMRA VETJAKË TË PROVENIENCËS SHQIPTARE NË VILAJETIN E MANASTIRIT NË DRITËN E DEFTERËVE OSMANË TË SHEK. XV". Studime Albanologjike. ITSH: 41.
BRUSNIK Kojo, i biri i Kollar-it; Gon, i biri i Çerp-it; Çerp, i biri i Bajo-s; Dimitri, i biri i Gerg-it; Dimitri, i biri i Nikolla-s; Gon Poçkar.
- ^ a b Dimitri Mishev and D. M. Brancoff, La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne, p. 166
- ^ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 70.