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Sermenin

Coordinates: 41°13′11″N 22°20′48″E / 41.21972°N 22.34667°E / 41.21972; 22.34667
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Sermenin
Серменин
Village
View of the village
View of the village
Sermenin is located in North Macedonia
Sermenin
Sermenin
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°13′11″N 22°20′48″E / 41.21972°N 22.34667°E / 41.21972; 22.34667
Country North Macedonia
Region Southeastern
Municipality Gevgelija
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
8
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Sermenin (Macedonian: Серменин; Megleno Romanian: Sirminină[1] or Sirminina[2]) is a village located in the Gevgelija Municipality of North Macedonia. As of the 2021 census, it had a population of 8.[3]

Demographics

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According to the 2002 census, Sermenin had a total of 18 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village included:[4]

As of the 2021 census, the village had 8 residents with the following ethnic composition:[3]

  • Macedonians 8

Sermenin was once a Megleno-Romanian village, but together with Konsko (Coinsco or Conițca), it underwent significant Slavicisation and, by the end of the 19th century, Megleno-Romanian was no longer spoken in either village, with Huma (Umă or Uma) remaining as the sole Megleno-Romanian village in modern North Macedonia.[5]

Notable people

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  • Vančo Prke (1921–1943), Macedonian World War II communist partisan

References

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  1. ^ Friedman, Victor A. (2009). "The Diffusion of Macedonian Inflections into Megleno-Romanian: A Reconsideration of the Evidence" (PDF). In Franks, Steven; Chidambaram, Vrinda; Joseph, Brian (eds.). A Linguist's Linguist: Studies in South Slavic Linguistics in Honor of E. Wayles Brown. Slavica Publishers. p. 230. ISBN 9780893578640.
  2. ^ Kovačec, August (2022). "Петар Атанасов: Речник на мегленороманскиот говор". Godišen zbornik na Filološkiot fakultet "Blaže Koneski" (in Macedonian) (47–48): 227. doi:10.37834/GZF2247-48225k.
  3. ^ a b 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. 87.
  5. ^ Minov, Nikola (2024). "Forgotten Voices: Aromanians in Macedonia (1900–1941)" (PDF). In Slavković Mirić, Božica; Omerović, Enes S. (eds.). Lost in the Kaleidoscope: National Minorities in Yugoslavia. Institute for Recent History of Serbia. p. 197. doi:10.31212/minorities.2024.28.min.189-248. ISBN 978-86-7005-198-0.