Prisojnica

Prisojnica (Macedonian: Присојница) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.

Prisojnica Присојница
Village
Panoramic view of the village
Prisojnica Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°35′N 20°37′E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Polog
Municipality	Mavrovo and Rostuša
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	GV
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Demographics

Prisojnica (Prisovinçe) is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka which was under the authority of Karagöz Bey. The settlement had a total of five households and the anthroponymy attested depicts an Albanian character: Progon Primiqyri, Dimitri Gjoneci, Petër Arrasi, Dimitri Arrasi, and Dimitri Palama.^[1]

From the 20th century onwards, the village was inhabited by a Torbeš population.^[2]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 315 inhabitants.^[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[3]

• Macedonians 232
• Turks 66
• Bosniaks 6
• Albanians 2
• Others 9

References

1. Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 119.
2. Vidoeski, Božidar (1998). Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN 9789989649509. p. 214. "Само со Торбеши се населени денеска Жировница, Видуше, Болетин, Аџиефци, Присојница, Скудриње, Горно Косоврасти (во Река),..."
3. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 167.