Bolno
Village in Pelagonia, North Macedonia
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Bolno (Macedonian: Болно) is a village in the Resen Municipality of North Macedonia, near the mountain of Galičica. Located under 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the municipal centre of Resen,[1] the village has 237 residents.[2] It is also home to a football club, FK Ilinden.
Bolno
Болно | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Bolno Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°06′33″N 20°58′19″E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Pelagonia |
| Municipality |  Resen |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 237 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +389 |
| Car plates | RE |
History
Bolno is located near the Iron Age site of Selishte, which excavations of the 2010s characterized as an Illyrian fort in the Prespa-Ohrid lakeland region.[3]
In the early 20th century, the village had population of 640 Bulgarian Exarchists. There was also Bulgarian school in Bolno (Bouno).[4]
During the Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising of 1903, Bolno was looted and its 96 houses were burnt down.[5]
Demographics
Bolno has historically been inhabited by Orthodox Bulgarians.[6] According to the censuses after 1948 the local population is consisted of ethnic Macedonians.
| Ethnic group |
census 1961 | census 1971 | census 1981 | census 1991 | census 1994 | census 2002 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Macedonians | 596 | 99.3 | 475 | 99.0 | 510 | 98.7 | 432 | 99.5 | 287 | 99.3 | 234 | 98.7 |
| others | 4 | 0.7 | 5 | 1.0 | 7 | 1.4 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.7 | 3 | 1.3 |
| Total | 600 | 480 | 517 | 434 | 289 | 237 | ||||||