Brusnik, Bitola
Village in Pelagonia, North Macedonia
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Brusnik (Macedonian: Брусник, is a village in the Bitola Municipality of North Macedonia.
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Брусник | |
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Village | |
Air view of the village | |
  Brusnik Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°1′22.47″N 21°17′6.01″E | |
| Country | North Macedonia |
| Region |  Pelagonia |
| Municipality |  Bitola |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 241 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Demographics
Erekovci is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467/68 as a village in the vilayet of Manastir. The inhabitants attested largely bore mixed Slavic-Albanian anthroponyms, such as Којо son of Коllar, Gon son of Çerp, Çerp son of Bajo and Gon Poçkar.[1]
According to the statistics of geographer Dimitri Mishev (D. M. Brancoff), the town had a total Christian population of 944 in 1905, consisting of 488 Patriarchist Bulgarians and 456 Exarchist Bulgarians.[2] It also had 2 schools, 1 Bulgarian and 1 Greek.[2]
According to the 2002 census, total population is 241.[3]
Notable people
Tale Ognenovski - clarinetist and composer