Čučer-Sandevo Explained

Čučer-Sandevo
Native Name:Чучер-Сандево
Native Name Lang:mk
Settlement Type:Village
Flag Size:160px
Image Blank Emblem:Coat of arms of Čučer Sandevo Municipality.svg
Blank Emblem Type:Coat of arms
Blank Emblem Size:80px
Pushpin Map:North Macedonia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within North Macedonia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1: Skopje
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2: Čučer-Sandevo
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Jovan Pejkovski
Elevation M:447
Population Total:290
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:42.1033°N 21.3819°W
Area Code:+389 02
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:SK

Čučer-Sandevo (Macedonian: {{Audio|Mk-Chucher-Sandevo.ogg|Чучер-Сандево) is a village in Republic of North Macedonia. It is a seat of the Čučer-Sandevo Municipality.

Geography

The village is located in the northern part of the Skopje Valley, in the central part of the territory of the Municipality of Čučer-Sandevo. The village is hilly, at an altitude of 540 meters. The area covers 11 km2. In the area, the pastures cover 596 hectares, 238 hectares fall to the arable land, while the forests have 114 hectares.

The village is located on southwestern parts of Skopska Crna Gora. Čučer-Sandevo is 15 km away from Skopje.[1]

History

According to Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov, in 1900 the village had 360 inhabitants who were Bulgarian Christians.[2] While according to the Secretary of the Bulgarian Exarchate Dimitar Mišev ("La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne"), in 1905 there were 640 Bulgarians in the village, labelled by him as patriarchs (Serbomans).[3] According to Bulgarian sources, the village was settled by Serbs in the period between 1689 and 1739.[4] In his 1927 map of Macedonia, German explorer Leonhard Schultze-Jena shows Čučer as a Serbian village.[5] In 1929, in his map of Northwest Macedonia, Russian scientist Afanasii Selishchev shows Čučer as a Bulgarian village instead.[6] The original name of the village was Čučer; Sandevo ("Sande's") was added after World War II in honour of Aleksandar Urdarevski-Sande.

Demographics

The village had 518 inhabitants in 1961, of which 328 were Serbs and 180 Macedonians. In 1994 the number decreased to 274 inhabitants, of which 234 were Serbs and 35 Macedonians.[7]

According to the 2002 census, Čučer-Sandevo had a population of 299 inhabitants, of whom 180 were Serbs (60%), 117 Macedonians (39%), and 1 other.

As of the 2021 census, Čučer-Sandevo had 290 residents with the following ethnic composition:[8]

Anthropology

According to Skopska Crna Gora (1971), the following families (or "brotherhoods") lived in Čučer.

Notable people

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Панов, Митко (1998). Енциклопедија на селата во Република Македонија. p. 320
  2. http://www.promacedonia.org/vk/vk_2_26.htm Кънчов, Васил. Македония. Етнография и статистика, София, 1900, стр. 206.
  3. Brancoff, D.M. La Macedoine et sa Population Chretienne, Paris, 1905, р. 116-117.
  4. Георгиев, Величко, Стайко Трифонов, История на българите 1878 - 1944 в документи, том 1 1878 - 1912, част втора, стр. 296.
  5. http://www.kroraina.com/knigi/gall/ls/title.html Leonhard Schultze Jena. "Makedonien, Landschafts- und Kulturbilder", Jena, G. Fischer, 1927
  6. http://macedonia.kroraina.com/seli_polog/index.htm Afanasii Selishchev. „Polog and its Bulgarian population. Historical, Ethnographic and Dialectological Sketches of Northwest Macedonia.“ – София, 1929.
  7. Панов, Митко (1998). Енциклопедија на селата во Република Македонија. p. 320
  8. https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__NaselenieVkupno__PodatociNaselenie/T1503P21.px/table/tableViewLayout2/?rxid=cc8e0490-07b6-4002-adf4-9b4891b66655 Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021