Bučin

Bučin
Бучин
Village
Bridge at Bučin village
Bridge at Bučin village
Bučin is located in North Macedonia
Bučin
Bučin
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°16′N 21°19′E / 41.267°N 21.317°E / 41.267; 21.317
Country North Macedonia
Region Pelagonia
Municipality Kruševo
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
522
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesBT
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Bučin (Macedonian Cyrillic: Бучин) is a village which lies in the Kruševo Municipality of North Macedonia on both banks of the Crna River.

The village maintains a distinct bridge built in the Ottoman Empire, and is home to a unique old building constructed above the surface of the Crna River. The village now known as Bucin was part of the land of Ancient Macedonia called Alcomenae or Alkomenai which was a town of the Deuriopes on the Erigon, in the Pelagonia Region in Ancient Macedonia.[citation needed] Its site is tentatively located near modern Bučin (Buchin) in North Macedonia.[1][2] The main produce of the village is onions.[3] Peppers, tomatoes, leeks, tobacco, garlic and beans are also grown.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 502 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]

Year Macedonian Albanian Turks Romani Vlachs Serbs Bosniaks Others Total
2002 738 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 738
2021 502 ... ... ... 1 ... ... 19 522

References

  1. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 49, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  2. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  3. ^ "emportal.rs". Archived from the original on 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
  4. ^ a b Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021

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