Kriveni
Village in Pelagonia, North Macedonia
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Kriveni (Macedonian: Кривени) is a village in the northern part of Resen Municipality in North Macedonia. The village is located roughly 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) north of the municipal centre of Resen.[1]
Kriveni
Кривени | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Kriveni Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°08′25″N 21°01′26″E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Pelagonia |
| Municipality |  Resen |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 27 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +389 |
| Car plates | RE |
History
Just east of the present-day village lies an archaeological site from Late Antiquity, known as Češino. Another site within the village's territory dates from the Roman era.[2]
Demographics
Kriveni has 27 inhabitants as of the most recent census of 2002,[3] having suffered a sharp population decline in the past several decades.[4]
| Ethnic group |
census 1961 | census 1971 | census 1981 | census 1991 | census 1994 | census 2002 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Macedonians | 440 | 99.3 | 302 | 100 | 139 | 95.9 | 72 | 98.6 | 49 | 100 | 27 | 100 |
| others | 3 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 4.1 | 1 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 443 | 302 | 145 | 73 | 49 | 27 | ||||||
Religion
Kriveni has one church, dedicated to St George.[5]
People from Kriveni
- Pande Božinovski, soldier in the Spanish Civil War[6]
- Gero Resenski (? - 1905), member of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization[7]
- Krste Stojanov (1880 - 1905), member of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization[8]