Baldovenci
Village in Pelagonia, North Macedonia
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Baldovenci (Macedonian: Балдовенци) is a village in the Mariovo region, in the municipality of Novaci, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Staravina.
Baldovenci
Балдовенци | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Baldovenci Location within North Macedonia | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Pelagonia |
| Municipality |  Novaci |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | BT |
| Website | . |
History
One kilometer east of Baldovenci is the archaeological site Arbanasinovac, dating from the Iron Age.[1] The name stems from Arbanas, the old South Slavic ethnonym for Albanian, suggesting either direct linguistic contact with Albanians or the former presence of an assimilated Albanian community.[2]
According to Vasil Kanchov, Baldovenci had 185 residents in 1900, all Bulgarian Christians.[3] In 1905, per Dimitar Mishev, the village population consisted of 136 Bulgarian Exarchists.[4]
The last census in which Baldovenci recorded inhabitants was in 1961 with 170.[5]