Raštani, Bitola

Raštani
Раштани
Village
Raštani in 1917
Raštani in 1917
Raštani is located in North Macedonia
Raštani
Raštani
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°02′N 21°16′E / 41.033°N 21.267°E / 41.033; 21.267
Country North Macedonia
Region Pelagonia
Municipality Bitola
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
550
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Raštani (Macedonian Cyrillic: Раштани) is a village 2.49 kilometres (1.55 mi) away from Bitola, which is the second-largest city in North Macedonia.

Demographics

Raštani is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467/68 as a village in the vilayet of Manastir. The inhabitants attested primarily bore a mixture of Christian Albanian and Slavic anthroponyms, such as Rajko, son of Gjon.[1]

As of the 2021 census, Raštani had 550 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]

  • Macedonians 530
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 12
  • Albanians 4
  • Others 4

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 396 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3][4]

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: 22. HRASHTANI Gon, i biri i Kosta-s; Andreja, i biri i Gon-it; Rajko, i biri i Gon-it; Diçko, i biri i Gon-it; Gin, i biri i Petre-s; Dedia, i varfër; Dedie, i biri i Dimo-s; Kojo, i biri i Petko-s; Kojo, i biri i priftit; Dimitri, i biri i Bratko-s.
  2. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  3. ^ 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. 71.
  4. ^ "Rastani Bitola, Macedonia - Rastani Bitola | Rastani map".


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