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Drevenik, North Macedonia

Village in Pelagonia, North Macedonia

Drevenik Древеник
Village

41°12′N 21°18′E / 41.200°N 21.300°E / 41.200; 21.300
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

^ 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.
^ 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."
^ 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."
^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
^ ^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. 128.