Vrutok
Vrutok
Вруток Vërtok | |
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Village | |
 Airview of the village Vrutok | |
  Vrutok Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°46′N 20°50′E / 41.767°N 20.833°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Polog |
| Municipality |  Gostivar |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 640 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | GV |
| Website | . |
Vrutok (Template:Lang-mk, Template:Country data 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
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
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]
- Albanians 846
- Macedonians 276
- Serbs 3
- Others 2
References
- ^ Кѫнчовъ, Василъ. Македония. Етнография и статистика. София, Българското книжовно дружество, 1900 p. 213.
- ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
- ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
- ^ 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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