Barešani

Village in Pelagonia, North Macedonia

Barešani Барешани
Village
Air view of the village
41°02′N 21°16′E / 41.033°N 21.267°E / 41.033; 21.267
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Pelagonia
Municipality	Bitola
Population (2002)
• Total	205
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Barešani (Macedonian Cyrillic: Барешани) is a village 8.88 kilometres (5.52 mi) away from Bitola, which is the second largest city in Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Bistrica.

Demographics

Barešani 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 Slavic anthroponyms, with a minority also exhibiting Albanian anthroponyms, such as Todor Arnaut, Gjergj prift and Lazor son of Niksha.^[1]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 205 inhabitants.^[2] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[2]^[3]

Macedonians 204
Others 1

References

^ Murati, Qemal (2022). "EMRA VETJAKË TË PROVENIENCËS SHQIPTARE NË VILAJETIN E MANASTIRIT NË DRITËN E DEFTERËVE OSMANË TË SHEK. XV". Studime Albanologjike. ITSH: 28. BARESHANI Todor Arnaut; Gergi prift; Dimitri Smile; Nikolla Diko; Dimitri, i biri i priftit; Dimitri, i biri i Dobre-s; Dimitri, i biri i Bogdan-it; Krajko, i biri i Niksha-s; Krivashaja, i biri i Niksha-s; Lazor, i biri i Niksha-s; Kojo, i biri i Andreja-s. .
^ ^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. 69.
^ "Baresani Bitola, Macedonia - Baresani Bitola | Baresani map". Makedonija.name. Retrieved 2013-10-25.