Jankovec
Jankovec
Јанковец | |
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Village | |
 Jankovec Monastery with the two churches: the older dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos; and the newer dedicated to Ignatius of Antioch | |
  Jankovec Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°06′30″N 21°00′40″E / 41.10833°N 21.01111°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Pelagonia |
| Municipality |  Resen |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 1,106 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +389 |
| Car plates | RE |
Jankovec (Macedonian: Јанковец) is a village located in Resen Municipality in the Republic of North Macedonia. The people of Jankovec are mostly farmers and own their own farms or plantations. Apple, corn, wheat and tobacco are generally grown in the region.
With a population of 1,169, Jankovec is the second-largest settlement in the municipality after Resen.[1]
Churches[edit]
There are 5 churches in Jankovec, two of which are situated within Jankovec Monastery.[2]
- St. Athanasius Church, the oldest church
- St. Ignatius of Antioch Church, relatively new church, second monastery church
- St. John Church, located in the village and was consecrated in 1866
- St. Nicholas Church, located about 1 km east of the village
- Church of Dormition of the Theotokos, the main monastery church consecrated in the 18th century
Demographics[edit]
Aside from the municipal centre of Resen, Jankovec is the only settlement in Resen Municipality to currently have over 1,000 residents.[3] A small part of the village population is of Aromanian origin.[4]
| Ethnic group |
census 1961 | census 1971 | census 1981 | census 1991 | census 1994 | census 2002 | census 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Macedonians | 699 | 93.6 | 892 | 96.4 | 1,283 | 98.2 | 1,268 | 97.0 | 1,177 | 97.0 | 1,149 | 98.3 | 1,020 | 92.2 |
| others | 48 | 6.4 | 33 | 3.6 | 24 | 1.8 | 39 | 3.0 | 47 | 3.0 | 20 | 1.7 | 60 | 5.4 |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | 26 | 2.4 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 747 | 925 | 1,307 | 1,307 | 1,214 | 1,169 | 1,106 | |||||||
Aromanians were the second biggest ethnic group in the village after Macedonians during Ottoman times.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Municipality of Resen". Archived from the original on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
- ^ Velev, Ilija (1990). Pregled na srednovekovni crkvi i manastiri vo Makedonija (in Macedonian). Skopje: Naša kniga.
- ^ Censuses of population 1948 - 2002 Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Włodzimierz, Pianka (1970). Toponomastikata na Ohridsko-Prespanskiot bazen. Institut za makedonski jazik "Krste Misirkov". p. 124. "Власи - во Јанкоец."
- ^ The War of Numbers and its First Victim: The Aromanians in Macedonia (End of 19th – Beginning of 20th century)
41°07′N 21°01′E / 41.117°N 21.017°E
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