Bučin Explained

Bučin
Native Name:	Бучин
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:	Kruševo
Population As Of:	2021
Population Total:	522
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+2
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Website:	.
Blank Name:	Car plates
Blank Info:	BT

Bučin (Macedonian Cyrillic: Бучин) is a village which lies in the Kruševo district of North Macedonia on both banks of the Crna River.

The village maintains a distinct bridge built in the Ottoman Empire, and is home to a unique old building constructed above the surface of the Crna River. The village now known as Bucin was part of the land of Ancient Macedonia called Alcomenae or Alkomenai which was a town of the Deuriopes on the Erigon, in the Pelagonia Region in Ancient Macedonia. Its site is tentatively located near modern Bučin (Buchin) in North Macedonia. The main produce of the village is onions.^[1] Peppers, tomatoes, leeks, tobacco, garlic and beans are also grown.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 522 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:^[2]

Macedonians 738

Year	Macedonian	Albanian	Turks	Romani	Vlachs	Serbs	Bosniaks	Others	Total
2002	738	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	738
2021	502	...	...	...	1	...	...	19	522

Notes and References

Web site: emportal.rs . 2011-05-08 . 2020-07-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200718131113/http://www.emportal.rs/en/news/region/70520.html . dead .
Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021