Sopotnica

Sopotnica Сoпoτница
—  Village  —
Panorama of Sopotnica
Flag Coat of Arms
Sopotnica Location within Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°17′40″N 21°9′18″E / 41.29444°N 21.155°E / 41.29444; 21.155Coordinates: 41°17′40″N 21°9′18″E / 41.29444°N 21.155°E / 41.29444; 21.155
Country	Macedonia
Municipality	Demir Hisar municipality
Government
– Mayor	Ljupčo Najdovski
Area
– Total	48,013 km2 (18,537.9 sq mi)
Highest elevation	400 m (1,312 ft)
Lowest elevation	2,000 m (6,562 ft)
Population (2002)
– Total	929
– Density	19,780/km2 (51,230/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	2304
Area code(s)	+389 047
Car plates	BT
Website	www.sopotnica.gov.mk/

Sopotnica (Macedonian: Сoпoτница) is a village in the Republic of Macedonia, it used to be a separate municipality but as of 2005 it belongs to the Demir Hisar municipality.

The area of Sopotnica as a typical rural and urban whole, consists of different developed small populated places-villages, starting from smaller developed villages (Boiste, Cerovo, Virovo etc.) located in the mountainous part of Sopotnica, till more developed places with elements of urban living, as is Sopotnica, the administrative centre of the former Municipality of Sopotnica. The main characteristic of the ambient of this area that will take your breath is the contrast that origins by the beauty of the wild landscapes-masterpieces of the nature, and the cultivated areas made by the anthropogenesis factors.

The area of Sopotnica is rich with real and available natural resources, huge cultural and historical heritage and other human valuables.

Demography

Demographic history

According to Vasil Kanchov's study of Macedonia in 1900, "Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics", (Bulgarian: Македония. Етнография и статистика, Makedonija. Etnografija i statistika), counted the village as having 560 inhabitants, all of whom were coutned as Bulgarian Christians.^[1]

Dimitar Mišev's 1905 study of the Bulgarian Exarchate, Macedonia and it's Christian population (French: La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne), counted 640 exarchists in the village.^[2]

Demographics of Sopotnica
Census year	Population
1961	956
1994	989
2002	929

Demographics Today

In the 2002 census 926 Macedonians were present in the village along with 3 Serbians. The majority of the population was elderly and the proportion of youths was below the national average.

Notable people

• Radovan Cvetkovski, (1931 - ) - author and writer

References

1. ^ Македония. Етнография и статистика, 1900
2. ^ D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, р.164-165.