Brusnik, Bitola Explained

Brusnik
Native Name:	Брусник
Settlement Type:	Village
Pushpin Map:	North Macedonia
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location within North Macedonia
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Pelagonia
Subdivision Type2:	Municipality
Subdivision Name2:	Bitola
Population As Of:	2002
Population Total:	241
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+2
Coordinates:	41.0229°N 21.285°W

Brusnik (mk|Брусник,) is a village in the Bitola Municipality of North Macedonia.

Demographics

Erekovci is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467/68 as a village in the vilayet of Manastir. The inhabitants attested largely bore mixed Slavic-Albanian anthroponyms, such as Којо son of Коllar, Gon son of Çerp, Çerp son of Bajo and Gon Poçkar.^[1]

According to the statistics of Geographers Dimitri Mishev and D. M. Brancoff, the town had a total Christian population of 944 in 1905, consisting of 488 Patriarchist Bulgarians and 456 Exarchist Bulgarians.^[2] It also had 2 schools, 1 Bulgarian and 1 Greek.

According to the 2002 census, total population is 241.^[3]

Notable people

Tale Ognenovski - clarinetist and composer

Notes and References

Murati . Qemal. Studime Albanologjike. EMRA VETJAKË TË PROVENIENCËS SHQIPTARE NË VILAJETIN E MANASTIRIT NË DRITËN E DEFTERËVE OSMANË TË SHEK. XV . 2022 . ITSH. 41. BRUSNIK Kojo, i biri i Kollar-it; Gon, i biri i Çerp-it; Çerp, i biri i Bajo-s; Dimitri, i biri i Gerg-it; Dimitri, i biri i Nikolla-s; Gon Poçkar..
Dimitri Mishev and D. M. Brancoff, La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne, p. 166
Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 70.