Tresonče ( mk, Тресонче ) is a mountainous village located in the

Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality Mavrovo and Rostuša ( mk, ) ( tr, Mavrova ve Rostuşa) is a municipality in western North Macedonia. The municipal seat is located in the village of Rostuša. This municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region. Geography The municipal ...

in western

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

. It is a mountain village populated by Macedonian Orthodox Christians. There are also several Orthodox churches in the village.

Geography

Tresonče is on the Mount Bistra which is a national park for wildlife. In that region you can find

brown bear The brown bear (''Ursus arctos'') is a large bear species found across Eurasia and North America. In North America, the populations of brown bears are called grizzly bears, while the subspecies that inhabits the Kodiak Islands of Alaska is ...

wild goat The wild goat (''Capra aegagrus'') is a wild goat species, inhabiting forests, shrublands and rocky areas ranging from Turkey and the Caucasus in the west to Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan in the east. It has been listed as near threaten ...

wild boar The wild boar (''Sus scrofa''), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The species is ...

deer Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, including the ...

, and

bobcat The bobcat (''Lynx rufus''), also known as the red lynx, is a medium-sized cat native to North America. It ranges from southern Canada through most of the contiguous United States to Oaxaca in Mexico. It is listed as Least Concern on the IU ...

. The climate of the village is continental with a lot of precipitation throughout the year. The village is divided into the following ''

mahala is an Arabic word variously translated as district, quarter, ward, or " neighborhood" in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations. History Historically, mahallas were autonomous social i ...

'' (quarters): Kadievci, Peškovci, Jodrovci, Lekovci, Jurukovci, Boškovci, Bradinovci, Vrlevci, Ekmedžievci, Krajnikovci, Srbinovci, Petrovci, Trizlovci and Kičevci

History

The village is known to exist since 1467 (registered in an Ottoman book). The inhabitants of the village are called

Mijaks Mijaks ( mk, Мијаци, Mijaci) are an ethnographic group of Macedonians who live in the region which is also known as ''Mijačija'' ( mk, Мијачија), along the Radika river, in western North Macedonia, numbering 30,000-60,000 people. ...

. The Mijaks are divided as

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abra ...

and Orthodox Christians. In 1467, the village was classified as a road keeping village, guarding the roads from criminals who took over land and stole cattle. From 1879 to 1912, Tresonče was part of the Manastir Vilayet of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

Demographics

According to the statistics of the Bulgarian ethnographer

Vasil Kanchov Vasil Kanchov ( bg, Васил Кънчов, Vasil Kanchov) (26 July 1862 – 6 February 1902) was a Bulgarian geographer, ethnographer and politician. Biography Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school in Lom ...

from 1900, 1320 inhabitants lived in the village of Tresonče, all

Bulgarians Bulgarians ( bg, българи, Bǎlgari, ) are a nation and South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and the rest of Southeast Europe. Etymology Bulgarians derive their ethnonym from the Bulgars. Their name is not complete ...

. According to the Secretary of the

Bulgarian Exarchate The Bulgarian Exarchate ( bg, Българска екзархия, Balgarska ekzarhiya; tr, Bulgar Eksarhlığı) was the official name of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church before its autocephaly was recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Con ...

Dimitar Mišev Dimitar ( bg, Димитър; Macedonian: Димитар) is a South Slavic masculine given name. It is widely found in Bulgaria and North Macedonia. Dimitar is derived from Saint Demetrius (280–306), alternate form of Demetrius. Containing the ...

("La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne"), in 1905 there were 1680

(''exarchists'') in Tresonče. The village is traditionally inhabited by the ethnographic group of

, the inhabitants identifying as

ethnic Macedonians Macedonians ( mk, Македонци, Makedonci) are a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group native to the region of Macedonia in Southeast Europe. They speak Macedonian, a South Slavic language. The large majority of Macedonians identi ...

(as of the 2021 census; 24 inhabitants).Macedonian Census (2002)
Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021

Notable people

* Dimitar Krstev, known as Dičo Zograf, icon painter * Dimitar Pandilov - Artist skilled in Macedonian arts, considered the founder of modern Macedonian art. * Andrey Damyanov - Although not born in Tresonče, his family was from there, he was a very famous architect in North Macedonia. * Josif Mihajlović Jurukovski (1887–1941), mayor of Skopje, born in Tresonče *

Toma Smiljanić-Bradina Toma Smiljanić (18 June 1888 in Tresonče, Ottoman Empire – 10 May 1969 in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia), known by his nickname Bradina, was a Serbian ethnographer, philologist, dramatist and publicist from what is today North Macedonia. Ea ...

(1888–1969), Serbian ethnographer, philologist, dramatist and publicist, born in Tresonče *

Sirma Voyvoda Sirma Voyvoda (1776–1864) was a Bulgarian hajduk (irregular fighter). Disguised as a man, she participated in the guerilla movement in Ottoman Vardar Macedonia between 1791 and 1813. In 1856/1857, as an 80-year-old woman, the Bulgarian educator ...

, Bulgarian rebel. Considered a national heroine in

.Македонска енциклопедија, том 2, МАНУ, Скопие, 2009, стр. 1364.

References

External links

Tresonče in the project "Explore Macedonia"
Villages in Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality {{MavrovoRostuša-geo-stub