Pretor, Resen
Village in Pelagonia, North Macedonia
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Pretor (Macedonian: Претор) is a village in the Resen Municipality of North Macedonia, on the northeastern shore of Lake Prespa. It is over 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of the municipal centre of Resen.[1]
Pretor
Претор | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Pretor | |
  Pretor Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 40°58′46″N 21°03′42″E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Pelagonia |
| Municipality |  Resen |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 142 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +389 |
| Car plates | RE |
History
Pretor's oldest church, St Sava, is dated from the 14th century.[2]
Demographics
According to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900 the settlement is recorded as "Pretorče" and as having 138 inhabitants, all Bulgarian Exarchists.[3] Pretor has 142 inhabitants as of the most recent census of 2002.[4] The majority ethnic group in the village has been the Macedonians.[5]
| Ethnic group |
census 1961 | census 1971 | census 1981 | census 1991 | census 1994 | census 2002 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Macedonians | 218 | 99.1 | 234 | 100 | 185 | 97.4 | 170 | 97.4 | 149 | 97.3 | 138 | 97.1 |
| others | 2 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2.6 | 4 | 2.6 | 4 | 2.7 | 4 | 2.9 |
| Total | 220 | 234 | 190 | 174 | 153 | 142 | ||||||
People from Pretor
- Pande Eftimov (1932 - 2017), poet and journalist[6]
- Pande Sudžov (1882 - 1927), member of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization[7]