Drevenik, North Macedonia

Drevenik Древеник
Village
Drevenik Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°12′N 21°18′E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Pelagonia
Municipality	Bitola
Population  (2021)
• Total	3
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	BT
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Drevenik (Macedonian: Древеник; Albanian: Drevenik) is a village in the municipality of Bitola, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Kukurečani.

Demographics

Drevenik is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467/68 as a village in the vilayet of Manastir. The majority of the inhabitants attested bore typical Albanian anthroponyms, such as Gjin, Gjon, Lazor, Dedë etc.[1]

Drevenik has traditionally and exclusively been populated by Tosks, a subgroup of southern Albanians.[2][3]

As of the 2021 census, Drevenik had 3 residents with the following ethnic composition:[4]

• Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 3

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 26 inhabitants.[5] Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]

• Albanians 26

References

1. Murati, Qemal (2022). "EMRA VETJAKË TË PROVENIENCËS SHQIPTARE NË VILAJETIN E MANASTIRIT NË DRITËN E DEFTERËVE OSMANË TË SHEK. XV". Studime Albanologjike. ITSH: 14,24. Në Vilajetin e Manastirit në shek. XV pothuajse nuk ka vendbanim ku nuk ndeshim persona që mbajnë emra të paraislamikë/ të krishterë dhe parakristianë të proveniencës shqiptare, kurse në disa vendbanime madje ata na dalin me shumicë shqiptare (si në fshatrat Gradeshnica, Crni Vrh, Pançar, Ostrec, Plashe/Zaplanina, Drevenik, Dragne, etj... DREVENIK Kosta Arbanash; Gin, i biri i Martin-it; Gin, i biri i Ishkor-it; Dimitri, i biri i Gin-it; Gon, i biri i Andreja-s;Gon, i biri i Niko-s; Andreja Pavel; Gerg, i biri i ...?; Gerg, i biri i Arbanash-it; Gerg, i biri i Andreja-s; Ilija, i biri i Gerg-it; Marko, i biri i Progon-it; Bogdan, i biri i Progon-it; Dapko, i biri i Progon-it; Nikolla, i biri i Shkodra-s; Dimitri Kovaç; Leko, i biri i Todor-it; Minkul, i biri i Todor-it; Cvetko Martin.
2. Indogermanische Gesellschaft (1929). Indogermanisches Jahrbuch, Vol. 13. Karl J. Trübner. p. 183. "Monastir (Bitol) auch für das Studium des Alb. geeignet: Ostrec (11 km von Monastir), Zlokućani haben geg., Dihovo, Bratindol, Magarevo, Ramna, Kažani, Dolenci, Lera, Crnovec, Drevenik, Murgašovo tosk. Bevölkerung. Die tosk."
3. Godišen zbornik (1969). Volumes 17-18. Univerzitet vo Skopje. Geografski institut. p. 171. "Чисто албански села сега се: Арматуш, Кишава, Острец, Злокуќани, Снегово, Старо Змирново, Саждево, Јакреново, Борино, Норово, Древеник. При ослободувањето од турското владеење во 1912 г. оваа област имала повеќе чисто албански села."
4. Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
5. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 128.

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