Volino
Volino
Волино | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Fountain in Volino | |
  Volino Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°13′13″N 20°44′27″E / 41.220398°N 20.740776°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Southwestern |
| Municipality |  Debarca |
| Area | |
• Total | 5 km2 (1.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 710 m (2,330 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 368 |
| • Density | 74/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Volino (Macedonian: Волино) is a village in the municipality of Debarca, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Mešeišta. In 2021, it had a population of 368.
History
[edit]According to Ethnographie des vilayets d'Andrinople: de Monastir, et de Salonique, which was published in 1878, the village had 45 houses and a population of 120 Bulgarian males.[1]
Per Vasil Kanchov's statistics in 1900, the village had a population of 330, all Christian Bulgarians.[2]
In 1901, the village is shown to have 35 houses in the Ethnographic Map of the Bitola Vilayet.[3]
Secretary of the Bulgarian Exarchate, Dimitar Mishev,[note 1] recorded 280 Exarchist Bulgarians in the village in 1905.[4]
In 1917, the village was part of Мешеишка община (Mesheishka Municipality) under Bulgarian occupation, with a recorded population of 374.[5]
In 1996, the village was part of the Mešeišta Municipality.[6] Following the dissolution of the municipality in 2004, it became part of the Debarca Municipality.[7]
Geography
[edit]The village is situated in the Debarca Municipality,[note 2] around 15 kilometers away from the center of Ohrid. It is plainy and has an elevation of 710 meters. Its village area is small, with a surface area of 5 square kilometers.[8]
Economy
[edit]The village's economy is oriented towards agriculture, with 451.2 hectares of arable land and 9.5 hectares of pastures, but no forest land.[8]
Demographics
[edit]Ethnic groups
[edit]The historical ethnic makeup of this village is as follows:[9][10][11][note 3]
| Ethnicity | Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 1994 | 2002 | 2021 | |
| Macedonians | 662 | 734 | 749 | 862 | 689 | 512 | 462 | 342 |
| Albanians | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aromanians | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serbs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bosniaks | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 666 | 739 | 752 | 863 | 690 | 512 | 462 | 368[12] |
Sex distribution
[edit]The historical population of both sexes in this village is as follows:[13]
| Sex | Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 1994 | 2002 | |
| Male | 308 | 335 | 370 | 399 | 456 | 367 | 262 | 236 |
| Female | 301 | 331 | 369 | 353 | 407 | 323 | 250 | 226 |
Sports
[edit]Local football club FK Sateska plays in the Macedonian Third League (Southwest Division).
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Dimitar Mishev wrote under the pseudonym "Brancoff".
- ↑ In the source from 1998, the village is listed as part of Mešeišta Municipality. However, the Municipality was abolished in 2004 and Volino became part of the Debarca Municipality.
- ↑ In 1948, the population was 609, with no recorded ethnic composition.
References
[edit]- ↑ Ethnographie des vilayets d'Andrinople: de Monastir, et de Salonique [Ethnography of the Vilayets of Adrianople, Monastir and Thessaloniki] (in French). Constantinople: Le Courrier d'Orient. 1878. p. 16.
- ↑ Кѫнчовъ, Василъ (1900). Македония. Етнография и Статистика [Macedonia. Ethnography and Statistics] (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. p. 252.
- ↑ Михајловски, Роберт (2017). Етнографска карта на Битолскиот вилает [Ethnographic Map of the Bitola Vilayet] (PDF) (in Macedonian). Skopje: Каламус. p. 30. ISBN 978-608-4646-23-5.
- ↑ Мишев, Димитър (1905). La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne [Macedonia and Its Christian Population] (in French). Paris: Plon, Nourrit & Cie. pp. 164–165.
- ↑ Списъкъ на населенитѣ мѣста въ Македония, Моравско и Одринско [List of Settlements in Macedonia, Moravia, and Odrin Regions] (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Public Health, State Printing House. 1917. p. 54.
- ↑ Law on the Territorial Division of the Republic of Macedonia and Determination of the Areas of the Units of Local Self-Government, 22 September 1996, Article 8, Municipality no. 65
- ↑ Law on the Territorial Organization of Local Self-Government in the Republic of Macedonia, 17 August 2004, Article 12, Municipality no. 17
- 1 2 Панов, Митко (1998). Енциклопедија на селата во Република Македонија [Encyclopedia of the Villages in the Republic of Macedonia] (PDF) (in Macedonian). Skopje: Patrija. p. 58. ISBN 9789989862007.
- ↑ "Население на Република Македонија според изјаснувањето за етничката припадност, по населени места, според пописите на население 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 1994 и 2002 година (согласно територијалната организација од 1996 година)" (in Macedonian). State Statistical Office of North Macedonia.
- ↑ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 139.
- ↑ "Вкупно резидентно население на Република Северна Македонија според етничката припадност, по населени места, Попис, 2021" (in Macedonian). State Statistical Office of North Macedonia.
- ↑ There are 26 "persons for whom the data has been obtained from administrative sources".
- ↑ "Население по возраст и по пол, по населени места, според пописите спроведени во Република Македонија по Втората светска војна". PxWeb (in Macedonian). State Statistical Office of North Macedonia. Retrieved 2026-06-06.