Krivolak, Negotino

Krivolak (Macedonian: Криволак) is a village in the municipality of Negotino, North Macedonia. It is located in the Povardarie wine-growing region, along the river Vardar. Krivolak is the place where the Battle of Krivolak between the Kingdom of Bulgaria and the French Third Republic took place during World War I.

Krivolak Криволак
View of the village
Krivolak Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41.526651°N 22.120223°E / 41.526651; 22.120223
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Vardar
Municipality	Negotino
Population  (2021)
• Total	1,163
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	NE
Climate	Cfa

Demographics

Mosque of Krivolak during the World War I

According to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 725 inhabitants lived in Krivolak, 650 Muslim Bulgarians and 75 Christian Bulgarians.^[1] On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is shown as a fully Muslim Bulgarian village.^[2] As of the 2021 census, Krivolak had 1,163 residents with the following ethnic composition:^[3]

• Macedonians 504
• Roma 340
• Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 113
• Serbs 75
• Others 65
• Turks 52
• Albanians 14

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,021 inhabitants.^[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[4]

• Macedonians 544
• Turks 28
• Serbs 127
• Romani 319
• Albanians 1
• Others 2

References

1. Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 154
2. Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927
3. Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
4. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 142.