Sveti Nikole

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Sveti Nikole
Николе
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Sveti Nikole (North Macedonia)
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Basic data
Region : east
Municipality : Sveti Nikole
Coordinates : 41 ° 52 '  N , 21 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 51 '54 "  N , 21 ° 56' 33"  E
Height : 270  m. i. J.
Area (Opština) : 482.89  km²
Residents : 13,746 (2002)
Inhabitants (Opština) : 18,497 (2002)
Population density : 38 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : (+389) 032
Postal code : 2220
License plate : ŠT
Structure and administration
Mayor : Robert Gjorgiev
Website :

Sveti Nikole ( Macedonian Свети Николе ) is a city in eastern North Macedonia , in the Ovče Pole plateau and the center of the political municipality of the same name .

population

In the Opština Sveti Nikole , which includes other villages besides Sveti Nikole, 13,746 inhabitants live. The ethnic breakdown is made up as follows:

Ethnicity Absolute proportion Percentage ownership %
Macedonians 13,367 97.24%
Wallachians 149 1.08%
Turks 80 0.58%
Roma 72 0.52%
Serbs 52 0.38%
Bosniaks 1 <0.01%
Other 25th 0.18%
Total 13,746 100%

Note: the percentages are rounded to two decimal places

history

Tower in Sveti Nikole

The part of the Ovče Pole plain, where Sveti Nikole is located, has been inhabited since the Neolithic Age , according to archaeological findings . The first settlers of the place were the Paionier , who also populated the territory between the rivers Axios and Strimon with a seat in the city of Bylazora.

First the community expanded northeast of the Sveti Stefan church and it was probably known under the name Probaton (Greek for sheep ). Because of the swampy terrain and the low quality of life , the place was at the end of the 3rd century BC. Moved to the right bank of the Svetinikolska river .

In the Middle Ages the population called the place Ovče Pole and in magazines it was presented as a fortress of the same name. A church in honor of St. Nicholas was built in the vicinity of the place in 1292 and this is how the place received its current name.

Under the Ottoman government , the city was called Isei Nikole. In the 1660s Evliya Çelebi visited the city twice and mentioned it in his travel book.

Web links

Commons : Sveti Nikole  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2002 census: official result, p. 34. (PDF; 394 kB)