Barešani

Barešani (Macedonian Cyrillic: Барешани) is a village 8.88 km away from Bitola, which is the second largest city in Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Bistrica.

Demographics
Barešani is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467/68 as a village in the vilayet of Manastir. The majority of the inhabitants attested bore typical Slavic anthroponyms, with a minority also exhibiting Albanian anthroponyms, such as Todor Arnaut, Gjergj prift and Lazor son of Niksha.

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 205 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:


 * Macedonians 204
 * Others 1