Grnčari

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Grnčari
Грнчари
Village
Houses in Grnčari
Grnčari
Location within Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°01′06″N 21°03′12″E / 41.01833°N 21.05333°E / 41.01833; 21.05333
Country  Macedonia
Municipality Resen Municipality
Population (2002)
  Total 417
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) +389
Car plates RE

Grnčari (Macedonian: Грнчари; Albanian: Gërçari) is a village in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of Macedonia. Located just under 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from the municipal centre of Resen,[1] the village has 417 residents.[2]

Demographics

Grnčari's Turkish population declined sharply in the 1960s. Albanians now form a large ethnic majority in the village.[3]

Ethnic
group
census 1961 census 1971 census 1981 census 1991 census 1994 census 2002
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Macedonians 170 17.7 157 15.0 164 13.6 102 12.6 92 19.3 79 18.9
Albanians 194 20.2 838 79.9 963 79.9 354 43.8 362 76.1 326 78.2
Turks 597 62.1 49 4.8 61 5.1 43 5.3 22 4.6 11 2.6
others 1 0.1 5 0.5 17 1.4 309 38.2 0 0.0 1 0.2
Total 962 1,049 1,205 808 476 417

References

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

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