Krani
| Krani Крани Kranjë | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
|
The beach of Krani | |
  Krani Location within Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 40°56′22.73″N 21°6′29.26″E / 40.9396472°N 21.1081278°E | |
| Country |
 Macedonia |
| Municipality | Resen Municipality |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 416 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Area code(s) | +389 |
| Car plates | RE |
Krani (Macedonian: Крани; Albanian: Kranjë) is a village in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of Macedonia, roughly 19 kilometres (12 mi) south of the municipal centre of Resen.[1]
History
Krani has four known archaeological sites, two of which are from the Middle Ages, one from Late Antiquity, and one from the Hellenistic era. The latter was a fishing settlement and the two from the Middle Ages were churches.[2]
Demographics
As of the most recent national census in 2002, Krani has 416 residents,[3] less than half of its 1961 population.[4]
| Ethnic group |
census 1961 | census 1971 | census 1981 | census 1991 | census 1994 | census 2002 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Macedonians | 336 | 32.0 | 336 | 27.8 | 350 | 32.2 | 337 | 33.7 | 136 | 25.7 | 103 | 24.8 |
| Albanians | 711 | 67.7 | 867 | 71.8 | 709 | 65.2 | 639 | 63.8 | 373 | 70.5 | 305 | 73.3 |
| Serbs | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| others | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 27 | 2.5 | 23 | 2.3 | 20 | 3.8 | 7 | 1.7 |
| Total | 1,050 | 1,207 | 1,087 | 1,001 | 529 | 416 | ||||||
The data on the mother tongues of Krani's residents, according to the 2002 census, is very similar to the ethnic makeup of the village with 311 declaring Albanian their mother tongue, followed by 104 declaring Macedonian, and one declaring Serbian.[5]
Religion
The main religions in the village are Islam and Orthodox Christianity, with 309 belonging to the former and 105 to the latter, as of the latest census. Additionally, two individuals declared Catholicism as their religion.[5] These figures suggest that the ethnic Macedonian population is Orthodox Christian, while the Albanian population is Muslim, as is the case nationally.
Krani has two churches, the Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary and the Church of St Nicholas.[6] It also has one mosque.[7]
People from Krani
References
- ↑ "Krani". Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ↑ Koco, Dimče (1996). Археолошка карта на Република Македонија. Skopje: MANU. ISBN 9789989101069
- ↑ Municipality of Resen
- ↑ Censuses of population 1948 - 2002
- 1 2 "Macedonian census, language and religion" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-09-03.
- ↑ Jelena Pavlovska, Наташа Ниќифоровиќ и Огнен Коцевски (2011). Valentina Božinovska, ed. Карта на верски објекти во Македонија (in Macedonian). Menora - Skopje: Комисија за односи во верските заедници и религиозните групи. ISBN 978-608-65143-2-7.
- ↑ "Karta na Verski Objekti vo Republika Makedonija" (PDF) (in Macedonian). Skopje: Komisija za odnosi so verskite zaednici i religiozni grupi. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ↑ "Д-р Али Алиу". Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
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Coordinates: 40°56′N 21°07′E / 40.933°N 21.117°E