Pretor (Macedonian: Претор) is a village in the Resen Municipality of North Macedonia, on the northeastern shore of Lake Prespa. It is over 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of the municipal centre of Resen.[1]
Pretor
Претор | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Pretor | |
  Pretor Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 40°58′46″N 21°03′42″E / 40.97944°N 21.06167°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Pelagonia |
| Municipality |  Resen |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 142 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +389 |
| Car plates | RE |
History
editPretor's oldest church, St Sava, is dated from the 14th century.[2]
Demographics
editAccording to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900 the settlement is recorded as "Pretorče" and as having 138 inhabitants, all Bulgarian Exarchists.[3] Pretor has 142 inhabitants as of the most recent census of 2002.[4] The majority ethnic group in the village has been the Macedonians.[5]
| Ethnic group |
census 1961 | census 1971 | census 1981 | census 1991 | census 1994 | census 2002 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Macedonians | 218 | 99.1 | 234 | 100 | 185 | 97.4 | 170 | 97.4 | 149 | 97.3 | 138 | 97.1 |
| others | 2 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2.6 | 4 | 2.6 | 4 | 2.7 | 4 | 2.9 |
| Total | 220 | 234 | 190 | 174 | 153 | 142 | ||||||
People from Pretor
edit- Pande Eftimov (1932 - 2017), poet and journalist[6]
- Pande Sudžov (1882 - 1927), member of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization[7]
References
edit- ^ "Pretor". Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "Цркви". visitpelagonia.mk. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 241
- ^ Municipality of Resen
- ^ Censuses of population 1948 - 2002 Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sotyanova, Virginia. Българи от близката чужбина Македония, Албания, Сърбия, Румъния, Молдова, Украйна, Университетско издателство „Св. Климент Охридски“, Sofia, 2005, стр.43
- ^ Mihaylov, Ivan. Спомени, т. IV, 1973, с. 139, Каспаров, Христо. Прв обид за портрет на преспанскиот револуционерен деец Панде Иванов Суджов (1882-1927). (2) - Крвавата драма одиграна на брегот на Преспанското Езеро, Македонско дело, година VII, број 349, 7.7.2000, с. 71.