Volino

Volino
Волино
Village
Fountain in Volino
Fountain in Volino
Volino is located in North Macedonia
Volino
Volino
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°13′13″N 20°44′27″E / 41.220398°N 20.740776°E / 41.220398; 20.740776
Country North Macedonia
Region Southwestern
Municipality Debarca
Area
 • Total
5 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
Elevation
710 m (2,330 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
368
 • Density74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Volino (Macedonian: Волино) is a village in the municipality of Debarca, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Mešeišta. In 2021, it had a population of 368.

History

According to Ethnographie des vilayets d'Andrinople: de Monastir, et de Salonique, which was published in 1878, the village had 45 houses and a population of 120 Bulgarian males.

Per Vasil Kanchov's statistics in 1900, the village had a population of 330, all Christian Bulgarians.

In 1901, the village is shown to have 35 houses in the Ethnographic Map of the Bitola Vilayet.

Secretary of the Bulgarian Exarchate, Dimitar Mishev, recorded 280 Exarchist Bulgarians in the village in 1905.

In 1917, the village was part of Мешеишка община (Mesheishka Municipality) under Bulgarian occupation, with a recorded population of 374.

In 1996, the village was part of the Mešeišta Municipality. Following the dissolution of the municipality in 2004, it became part of the Debarca Municipality.

Geography

The village is situated in the Debarca Municipality, around 15 kilometers away from the center of Ohrid. It is plainy and has an elevation of 710 meters. Its village area is small, with a surface area of 5 square kilometers.

Economy

The village's economy is oriented towards agriculture, with 451.2 hectares of arable land and 9.5 hectares of pastures, but no forest land.

Demographics

Ethnic groups

The historical ethnic makeup of this village is as follows:

Ethnicity Year
1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 1994 2002 2021
Macedonians 662 734 749 862 689 512 462 342
Albanians 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turks 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aromanians 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0
Serbs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosniaks 0 0 — — — 0 0 0
Others 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0
Total 666 739 752 863 690 512 462 368

Sex distribution

The historical population of both sexes in this village is as follows:

Sex Year
1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 1994 2002
Male 308 335 370 399 456 367 262 236
Female 301 331 369 353 407 323 250 226

Sports

Local football club FK Sateska plays in the Macedonian Third League (Southwest Division).

Notes

  1. ↑ Dimitar Mishev wrote under the pseudonym "Brancoff".
  2. ↑ In the source from 1998, the village is listed as part of Mešeišta Municipality. However, the Municipality was abolished in 2004 and Volino became part of the Debarca Municipality.
  3. ↑ In 1948, the population was 609, with no recorded ethnic composition.

References

  1. ↑ Ethnographie des vilayets d'Andrinople: de Monastir, et de Salonique [Ethnography of the Vilayets of Adrianople, Monastir and Thessaloniki] (in French). Constantinople: Le Courrier d'Orient. 1878. p. 16.
  2. ↑ Кѫнчовъ, Василъ (1900). Македония. Етнография и Статистика [Macedonia. Ethnography and Statistics] (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. p. 252.
  3. ↑ Михајловски, Роберт (2017). Етнографска карта на Битолскиот вилает [Ethnographic Map of the Bitola Vilayet] (PDF) (in Macedonian). Skopje: Каламус. p. 30. ISBN 978-608-4646-23-5.
  4. ↑ Мишев, Димитър (1905). La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne [Macedonia and Its Christian Population] (in French). Paris: Plon, Nourrit & Cie. pp. 164–165.
  5. ↑ Списъкъ на населенитѣ мѣста въ Македония, Моравско и Одринско [List of Settlements in Macedonia, Moravia, and Odrin Regions] (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Public Health, State Printing House. 1917. p. 54.
  6. ↑ Law on the Territorial Division of the Republic of Macedonia and Determination of the Areas of the Units of Local Self-Government, 22 September 1996, Article 8, Municipality no. 65
  7. ↑ Law on the Territorial Organization of Local Self-Government in the Republic of Macedonia, 17 August 2004, Article 12, Municipality no. 17
  8. 1 2 Панов, Митко (1998). Енциклопедија на селата во Република Македонија [Encyclopedia of the Villages in the Republic of Macedonia] (PDF) (in Macedonian). Skopje: Patrija. p. 58. ISBN 9789989862007.
  9. ↑ "Население на Република Македонија според изјаснувањето за етничката припадност, по населени места, според пописите на население 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 1994 и 2002 година (согласно територијалната организација од 1996 година)" (in Macedonian). State Statistical Office of North Macedonia.
  10. ↑ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 139.
  11. ↑ "Вкупно резидентно население на Република Северна Македонија според етничката припадност, по населени места, Попис, 2021" (in Macedonian). State Statistical Office of North Macedonia.
  12. ↑ There are 26 "persons for whom the data has been obtained from administrative sources".
  13. ↑ "Население по возраст и по пол, по населени места, според пописите спроведени во Република Македонија по Втората светска војна". PxWeb (in Macedonian). State Statistical Office of North Macedonia. Retrieved 2026-06-06.