Arvati

Arvati
Арвати
Arvat
Village
Panoramic view of the village Arvati
Panoramic view of the village Arvati
Arvati is located in North Macedonia
Arvati
Arvati
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 40°56′37″N 21°06′47″E / 40.94361°N 21.11306°E / 40.94361; 21.11306
Country North Macedonia
Region Pelagonia
Municipality Resen
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
119
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+389
Car platesRE

Arvati (Macedonian: Арвати; Albanian: Arvat) is a village in the Resen Municipality of North Macedonia. Located 18.5 kilometres (11.5 mi) from the municipal centre of Resen,[1] the village has 137 residents.[2] It is situated east of Lake Prespa, at the foot of Baba Mountain.

History

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In the 19th century, Arvati was part of the Manastir Sanjak, a subdivision of the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.

Demographics

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The demographics of Arvati are written in several Bulgarian sources. According to Yordan Iliev Yordanov, Arvati in 1873 had 45 households and 136 male inhabitants (80 Bulgarians and 56 Muslims).[3] In 1905, D.M.Brancoff wrote Arvati's population consisted of Bulgarians Exarchists and 186 Albanians.[4] In the early twentieth century, Vasil Kanchov wrote Arvati had 325 people composed of 160 Orthodox Bulgarians, 100 Muslim Albanians and 65 Romani.[5]

From the mid twentieth century onward, Arvati's population has consisted of Orthodox Macedonians and Sunni Muslim Albanians, with the latter forming a majority.[6][7]

Ethnic
group 		census 1961 census 1971 census 1981 census 1991 census 1994 census 2002 census 2021
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Macedonians 179 36.5 150 28.0 160 31.6 149 28.9 54 29.5 51 37.2 37 31.1
Albanians 310 63.3 383 71.5 344 67.9 366 71.1 129 70.5 85 62.0 82 68.9
others 1 0.2 3 0.6 3 0.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.5 0 0.0
Total 490 536 507 515 183 137 119

The mothers tongues of the residents, much like the ethnic affiliations, include 51 native Macedonian speakers, 84 Albanian speakers, and two with a different mother tongue.[8]

Panorama of Arvati showing extensions of the Baba mountains and Lake Prespa to far east

Religion

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The religious affiliations of the village's residents also followed ethnic lines, with 51 identifying as Orthodox Christians, 85 as Muslims, and one as something else, as of the 2002 census.[8]

Arvati is home to four churches dedicated to St Nicholas, Sts Constantine and Elena, St Archangel Michael, and the Ascension of the Virgin Mary.[9]

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  • Centre of Arvati with a welcome greeting written on a big stone
    Centre of Arvati with a welcome greeting written on a big stone
  • Village water fountain, Arvati centre
    Village water fountain, Arvati centre
  • Krani river and traditional architecture of Arvati
    Krani river and traditional architecture of Arvati
  • Traditional architecture of Arvati
    Traditional architecture of Arvati
  • Krani river in Arvati
    Krani river in Arvati
  • Krani river in Arvati
    Krani river in Arvati
  • Traditional architecture of Arvati
    Traditional architecture of Arvati
  • In the fields of Arvati looking out toward Mt Pelister
    In the fields of Arvati looking out toward Mt Pelister
  • Traditional architecture of Arvati
    Traditional architecture of Arvati
  • In the fields of Arvati looking out toward Mt Pelister
    In the fields of Arvati looking out toward Mt Pelister
  • Architecture of Arvati and Krani river
    Architecture of Arvati and Krani river
  • Krani river in Arvati
    Krani river in Arvati
  • Bilingual Yugoslav era monument to fallen partisan
    Bilingual Yugoslav era monument to fallen partisan
  • Main Orthodox church of Arvati
    Main Orthodox church of Arvati
  • Small Orthodox church in Arvati
    Small Orthodox church in Arvati
  • Stony path heading toward fields of Arvati
    Stony path heading toward fields of Arvati
  • Sheep in Arvati
    Sheep in Arvati

References

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  1. ^ "Arvati". Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Municipality of Resen". Archived from the original on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
  3. ^ Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г. Македонски научен институт, Sofia, 1995, стр. 88-89.
  4. ^ D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, рр. 170-171.
  5. ^ "Васил Кънчов. "Македония. Етнография и статистика". София, 1900, стр. 241". Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  6. ^ Sugarman, Jane (1997). Engendering song: Singing and subjectivity at Prespa Albanian weddings. University of Chicago Press. pp. 9–11. ISBN 9780226779720.
  7. ^ Censuses of population 1948 - 2002 Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ a b "Macedonian census, language and religion" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  9. ^ "Karta na Verski Objekti vo Republika Makedonija" (PDF) (in Macedonian). Skopje: Komisija za odnosi so verskite zaednici i religiozni grupi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
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40°56′N 21°06′E / 40.933°N 21.100°E / 40.933; 21.100

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