Volkoderi

Volkoderi (Macedonian: Волкодери) is a village in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of Macedonia, northwest of Lake Prespa and near Galičica Mountain. It is located over 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) west of the municipal centre of Resen.[1]

Volkoderi

Волкодери
Village
Panoramic view of the village Volkoderi (second on the image)
Volkoderi
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°01′14″N 20°56′39″E
Country North Macedonia
Region Pelagonia
Municipality Resen
Population
 (2002)
 • Total114
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)+389
Car platesRE

History

Volkoderi was recorded as having 11 households and 32 male inhabitants in 1873.[2]

The village suffered during the Ilinden Uprising. Ten of the village's homes were burnt down and herds of cattle were taken by the Ottoman Turks.[3]

Demographics

Volkoderi has a population of 114 people[4] and is one of only four villages in Resen Municipality that saw a population increase from the 1994 census to the most recent one in 2002.[5]

Ethnic
group		 census 1961 census 1971 census 1981 census 1991 census 1994 census 2002
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Macedonians 64 100.0 70 100.0 51 100.0 102 99.0 102 100.0 114 100.0
others 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Total 64 70 51 103 102 114

References
  1. "Volkoderi". Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  2. „Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г.“ Македонски научен институт, Sofia, 1995, стр. 86-87.
  3. Илюстрация Илинден, бр.145-146, стр.32
  4. Municipality of Resen
  5. "Censuses of population 1948 - 2002". Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-14.

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