Tenovo

Tenovo
Теново
Tenovë
Village
Air view of the village
Air view of the village
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°54′N 20°59′E / 41.900°N 20.983°E / 41.900; 20.983
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipality Brvenica
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
1,175
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesTE
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Tenovo (Macedonian: Теново, Albanian: Tenovë) is a village in the municipality of Brvenica, North Macedonia.

History

Tenovo is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 146 Christian households, 9 bachelors and 12 widows, as well as 5 Muslim households. According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Tenovo appears exhibits Slavic Orthodox anthroponomy.

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Tenovo had 1,175 residents with the following ethnic composition:

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,602 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Tenovo was inhabited by 487 Muslim Albanians, 264 Serbs and 8 Bulgarians.

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Tenovo (Teynovo) was inhabited by 170 Christian Bulgarians and 150 Muslim Albanians.