Brvenica () is a village in the municipality of Brvenica, North Macedonia. It is the seat of the Brvenica Municipality.
History Brvenica is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 100 Christian households, three bachelors and three widows.Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Brvenica was inhabited by 105 Christian Macedonians (By Vasil they were classified as bulgarians).Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 212.
Demographics As of the 2021 census, Brvenica had 3,102 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021 Macedonians 2,973 Serbs 37 Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 68 Others 24
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 2,981 inhabitants.
Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 75.
Macedonians 2,893 Serbs 21 Albanians 2 Others 2
References
External links Official website