Strnovac

Strnovac
Village
Strnovac
Location within Macedonia
Coordinates: 42°11′50″N 21°51′42″E / 42.19722°N 21.86167°E / 42.19722; 21.86167Coordinates: 42°11′50″N 21°51′42″E / 42.19722°N 21.86167°E / 42.19722; 21.86167
Country  Macedonia
Region Northeastern
Municipality Staro Nagoričane
Elevation 376 m (1,234 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 93
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 1303
Car plates KU

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

Geography

The village is located in northern 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.
  • "Municipality of Staro Nagoričane". Archived from the original on 2014-03-13.
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