Kurbinovo (Macedonian: Курбиново) is a village in the Resen Municipality of North Macedonia, northeast of Lake Prespa. The village is located nearly 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of the municipal centre of Resen.[1] The village is best known for being home to the 12th century Monastery of St George.
Kurbinovo
Курбиново | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Typical architecture in Kurbinovo | |
  Kurbinovo Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 40°59′07″N 21°04′06″E / 40.98528°N 21.06833°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Pelagonia |
| Municipality |  Resen |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 137 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +389 |
| Car plates | RE |
Demographics edit
According to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 200 inhabitants lived in Kurbinovo, all Bulgarian Exarchists.[2] Kurbinovo has 137 inhabitants as of the most recent census of 2002,[3] making it one of only four villages in the municipality that saw an increase in population from the previous census in 1994. The village population has been entirely ethnic Macedonian.[4]
| Ethnic group |
census 1961 | census 1971 | census 1981 | census 1991 | census 1994 | census 2002 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Macedonians | 229 | 100 | 248 | 100 | 182 | 100 | 183 | 100 | 122 | 100 | 137 | 100 |
| Total | 229 | 248 | 182 | 183 | 122 | 137 | ||||||
People from Kurbinovo edit
- Nestor Ivanov (1879 - ?), member of the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps[5]
References edit
- ^ "Kurbinovo". Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 241
- ^ "Municipality of Resen". Archived from the original on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ Censuses of population 1948 - 2002 Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ „Македоно-одринското опълчение 1912-1913 г. Личен състав“, Главно управление на архивите, 2006, стр. 293.