Melnica (Čaška)

Melnica ; Мелница
Basic data
Region :	Vardar
Municipality :	Čaška
Coordinates :	41 ° 39 ' N , 21 ° 35' E Coordinates: 41 ° 38 '30 " N , 21 ° 35' 24" E
Height :	427 m. i. J.
Residents :	743 (2002)
License plate :	VE

Melnica ( Macedonian Мелница ) is a village in Macedonia . It belongs to the Čaška municipality . The closest major city is Veles .

In 2002 there were 743 residents in Melnica, mainly Turks (378) and Macedonians (304).

history

In 1927 the researcher Leonhard Schultze listed Melnica on his map of Macedonia and classified it as a free village belonging to the Mohammedan Bulgarians ( Pomaks ).

Individual evidence

↑ Census of Population in the Republic of Macedonia, 2002 (PDF; 2.3 MB)
↑ The ethnic affiliation of the villages in the Scopian field on the side of the Vadar in the last time of the Turkish rule Leonhard Schultze, Leonhard Siegmund: Makedonia: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1927.

[1] Census of Population in the Republic of Macedonia, 2002 (PDF; 2.3 MB)

[2] The ethnic affiliation of the villages in the Scopian field on the side of the Vadar in the last time of the Turkish rule Leonhard Schultze, Leonhard Siegmund: Makedonia: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1927.