Volkoderi

Volkoderi
Волкодери
Village
Volkoderi

Location within Macedonia

Coordinates: 41°01′14″N 20°56′39″E / 41.02056°N 20.94417°E / 41.02056; 20.94417
Country  Macedonia
Municipality Resen Municipality
Population (2002)
 • Total 114
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) +389
Car plates RE

Volkoderi (Macedonian: Волкодери) is a village in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of Macedonia, northwest of Lake Prespa and near Galičica Mountain. It is located over 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) west of the municipal centre of Resen.[1]

History

Volkoderi was recorded as having 11 households and 32 male inhabitants in 1873.[2]

The village suffered during the Ilinden Uprising. Ten of the village's homes were burnt down and herds of cattle were taken by the Ottoman Turks.[3]

Demographics

Volkoderi has a population of 114 people[4] and is one of only four villages in Resen Municipality that saw a population increase from the 1994 census to the most recent one in 2002.[5]

Ethnic
group		 census 1961 census 1971 census 1981 census 1991 census 1994 census 2002
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Macedonians 64 100.0 70 100.0 51 100.0 102 99.0 102 100.0 114 100.0
others 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Total 64 70 51 103 102 114

References

  1. ↑ "Volkoderi". Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  2. ↑ „Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г.“ Македонски научен институт, Sofia, 1995, стр. 86-87.
  3. ↑ Илюстрация Илинден, бр.145-146, стр.32
  4. ↑ Municipality of Resen
  5. ↑ Censuses of population 1948 - 2002

Coordinates: 41°01′N 20°56′E / 41.017°N 20.933°E / 41.017; 20.933

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