Ilinden (village)

Ilinden ^[1](Macedonian: Илинден^ⓘ) is a town in North Macedonia. It is a seat of the Ilinden Municipality. It is also very commonly referred by its old name Belimbegovo, in spite of the fact that the name was changed in 1951.

Ilinden Илинден
Town
A photo of a part of the railway and the houses near it
Ilinden Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 42°00′N 21°35′E
Country	North Macedonia
Municipality	Ilinden municipality
Statistical region	Skopje Statistical Region
Government
Population  (2021)
• Total	5,161
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	SK
Website	.

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Ilinden had 5,161 residents with the following ethnic composition:^[2]

• Macedonians 4,230
• Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 414
• Albanians 326
• Serbs 111
• Others 59
• Roma 21

According to the 2002 census, the settlement had a total of 4931 inhabitants.^[3] Ethnic groups in the suburb include:^[3]

• Macedonians 4285
• Albanians 340
• Serbs 176
• Romani 31
• Turks 2
• Vlachs 1
• Others 96

References

1. "GPS coordinates of Ilinden (town), Macedonia. Latitude: 42.0000 Longitude: 21.5833". Latitude.to. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
2. Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
3. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 107.

See also

• Ilinden - important historic date
• Ilinden Municipality