Jankovec
Village in Pelagonia, North Macedonia
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Jankovec (Macedonian: Јанковец) is a village located in Resen Municipality in the Republic of North Macedonia. The people of Jankovec are mostly farmers and own their own farms or plantations. Apple, corn, wheat and tobacco are generally grown in the region.
Jankovec
Јанковец | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Jankovec Monastery with the two churches: the older dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos; and the newer dedicated to Ignatius of Antioch | |
  Jankovec Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°06′30″N 21°00′40″E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Pelagonia |
| Municipality |  Resen |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 1,106 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +389 |
| Car plates | RE |
With a population of 1,169, Jankovec is the second-largest settlement in the municipality after Resen.[1]
History
According to an Aromanian narrative, the village was set up in 1730, after a small group of refugees from Nikolicë settled there. The first settler was apparently a man named Ianko Ikonomou from Nikolicë, who probably gave the village its name. The village later attracted Aromanian merchants and craftsmen from other places.[2]
Churches
There are five churches in Jankovec, two of which are situated within Jankovec Monastery.[3]
- St. Athanasius Church, the oldest church
- St. Ignatius of Antioch Church, relatively new church, second monastery church
- St. John Church, located in the village and was consecrated in 1866
- St. Nicholas Church, located about 1 km (0.62 mi) east of the village
- Church of Dormition of the Theotokos, the main monastery church consecrated in the 18th century
Demographics
According to data by Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village was inhabited by 900 Bulgarian Christians and 180 Vlachs.[4]
Aside from the municipal centre of Resen, Jankovec is the only settlement in Resen Municipality to have over 1,000 residents.[5] A small part of the village population is of Aromanian origin.[6]
| Ethnic group |
census 1961 | census 1971 | census 1981 | census 1991 | census 1994 | census 2002 | census 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Macedonians | 699 | 93.6 | 892 | 96.4 | 1,283 | 98.2 | 1,268 | 97.0 | 1,177 | 97.0 | 1,149 | 98.3 | 1,020 | 92.2 |
| others | 48 | 6.4 | 33 | 3.6 | 24 | 1.8 | 39 | 3.0 | 47 | 3.0 | 20 | 1.7 | 60 | 5.4 |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | 26 | 2.4 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 747 | 925 | 1,307 | 1,307 | 1,214 | 1,169 | 1,106 | |||||||