Carev Dvor (Macedonian: Царев Двор, meaning Emperor's Court; Turkish: Kayser Sarayi) is a village in Resen Municipality in North Macedonia, roughly 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the municipal centre of Resen.[1] It has 605 residents.[2]
Carev Dvor
Царев Двор | |
|---|---|
Village | |
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  Carev Dvor Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°02′35″N 21°0′26″E / 41.04306°N 21.00722°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Pelagonia |
| Municipality |  Resen |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 605 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +389 |
| Car plates | RE |
Demographics edit
Carev Dvor is inhabited by Orthodox Macedonians and Muslim Turks.[3] The total population of Carev Dvor has decreased more than half from the 1961 census to the most recent one in 2002. The village has also seen its proportion of Turkish residents drop significantly.[4]
| Ethnic group |
census 1961 | census 1971 | census 1981 | census 1991 | census 1994 | census 2002 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Macedonians | 951 | 72.9 | 836 | 72.6 | 875 | 71.0 | 814 | 76.3 | 612 | 86.4 | 520 | 86.0 |
| Albanians | 7 | 0.5 | 5 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Turks | 344 | 26.4 | 308 | 26.7 | 343 | 27.8 | 124 | 11.6 | 95 | 13.4 | 81 | 13.4 |
| Serbs | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| others | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.2 | 9 | 0.7 | 129 | 12.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.7 |
| Total | 1,303 | 1,152 | 1,233 | 1,067 | 708 | 605 | ||||||
Sports edit
The village is also home to FK Mladost football club, formerly of the First Macedonian Football League.
People from Carev Dvor edit
- Cvetko Uzunovski (1916 - 1993), communist and partizan[5]
- Kiril of Polog and Kumanovo (1934 - 2013), metropolitan of the Diocese of Polog and Kumanovo of the Macedonian Orthodox Church - Ohrid Archbishopric[6]
References edit
- ^ "Carev Dvor". Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ "Municipality of Resen". Archived from the original on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
- ^ Sugarman, Jane (1997). Engendering song: Singing and subjectivity at Prespa Albanian weddings. University of Chicago Press. pp. 9–11. ISBN 9780226779720.
- ^ Censuses of population 1948 - 2002 Archived October 14, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Saveski, Zdravko (November 2009). "Македонци учесници во Шпанската граѓанска војна". Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ "Митрополит Кирил". Republic of Macedonia. 17 February 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2014.