Podmočani

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Podmočani
Подмочани
Village
Podmočani centre and river
Podmočani centre and river
Podmočani is located in North Macedonia
Podmočani
Podmočani
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°01′28″N 21°03′02″E / 41.02444°N 21.05056°E / 41.02444; 21.05056
Country North Macedonia
RegionLogo of Pelagonia Region.svg Pelagonia
MunicipalityCoat of arms of Resen Municipality.svg Resen
Population
 (2002)
 • Total306
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)+389
Car platesRE

Podmočani (Macedonian: Подмочани) is a village in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of North Macedonia, north of Lake Prespa. The village is roughly 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the municipal centre of Resen.[1]

Demographics[]

Podmočani is inhabited by an Orthodox Macedonian majority and during the course of the 20th century by a small Sunni Muslim Albanian minority.[2] During the late Ottoman period, Macedonian Muslims also used to reside in Podmočani.[3]

Panorama showing the Baba mountains (west), Podmočani (centre-east) and in the distant background Grnčari village, Lake Prespa and the Galičica mountains (centre-west)

Podmočani has 306 residents as of the most recent national census of 2002.[4] The population had increased to 875 in 1981, but has declined in every census since.[5]

Ethnic
group 		census 1961 census 1971 census 1981 census 1991 census 1994 census 2002
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Macedonians 685 94.4 720 97.0 818 93.5 552 97.5 338 96.6 302 98.7
Albanians 40 5.5 17 2.3 8 0.9 3 0.5 11 3.1 2 0.7
others 1 0.1 5 0.7 49 5.6 11 1.9 1 0.3 2 0.7
Total 726 742 875 566 350 306

Gallery[]

  • Architecture of Podmočani

  • A remnant of traditional architecture in Podmočani

  • Architecture of Podmočani

  • Centre of Podmočani and village river

  • Yugoslav era monument to fallen partisans, Podmočani

  • Primary and secondary school of Podmočani

  • Bust of fallen Yugoslav partisan in school yard

  • Ethnographic museum of Podmočani

  • Fields of Podmočani

  • St. George church and Orthodox cemetery of Podmočani

  • Church of Sts. Peter and Paul with the Prespa Cross, Podmočani, built and donated by Boris Nitchoff

  • Fields of Podmočani

People from Podmočani[]

References[]

  1. ^ Podmocani
  2. ^ Sugarman, Jane (1997). Engendering song: Singing and subjectivity at Prespa Albanian weddings. University of Chicago Press. pp. 9–11. ISBN 9780226779720.
  3. ^ Włodzimierz, Pianka (1970). Toponomastikata na Ohridsko-Prespanskiot bazen. Institut za makedonski jazik "Krste Misirkov". pp. 128–129. "Горна Преспа... Албанци во истите села каде што денес, освен во Подмочани. Во Подмочани и Сливница (сега само Македонци) имало Македонци - муслимани."
  4. ^ Municipality of Resen
  5. ^ Censuses of population 1948 - 2002 Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Karatanasov, Zlatko. Черковно-училищната борба (1868 - 1903), Материяли из миналото на Костурско, Костурско благотворително братство, Sofia, 1935, стр. 32.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Nikolov, Boris Y. Вътрешна македоно-одринска революционна организация. Войводи и ръководители (1893-1934). Биографично-библиографски справочник, Sofia, 2001, стр. 34.
  8. ^ Офицерският корпус в България 1878-1944, съставител Rumen Rumenin, т. III-IV, Sofia 1996, с. 103.


Coordinates: 41°01′N 21°03′E / 41.017°N 21.050°E / 41.017; 21.050

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