Vasilevo Municipality
Општина Василево
Vasilevo Belediyesi
Rural municipality
Flag of Vasilevo Municipality
Flag
Official logo of Vasilevo Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Vasilevo Municipality
Country North Macedonia
Region Southeastern
Government
 • MayorSlave Andonov (VMRO-DPMNE)
Population
 • Total10,552
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Vasilevo (Macedonian: Василевоⓘ; Turkish: Vasilevo Belediyesi) is a municipality in the eastern part of North Macedonia. Vasilevo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Vasilevo Municipality is part of the Southeastern Statistical Region.

Demographics

According to the last national census from 2021, this municipality has 10,552 inhabitants.[1] Ethnic groups in the municipality include:

2002 2021
Number % Number %
TOTAL 12,122 100 10,552 100
Macedonians 9,958 82.2 6,831 64,7
Turks 2,095 17.3 2,251 21.3
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources n/a n/a 1,337 12.7
others 69 0.6 133 1.26
Macedonians Turks Albanians others TOTAL
Year Births % Births % Births % Births % Births
2010 114 58.46 80 41.03 0 0.00 1 0.51 195
2011 113 66.08 57 33.33 0 0.00 1 0.58 171
2012 110 63.95 56 32.56 2 1.16 4 2.33 172
2013 124 64.92 63 32.98 3 1.57 1 0.52 191
2014 100 59.52 60 35.71 8 4.76 0 0.00 168
2015 78 59.09 48 36.36 4 3.03 2 1.52 132
2016 87 56.13 55 35.48 9 5.81 4 2.58 155
2017 86 60.14 49 34.27 6 4.20 2 1.40 143
2018 75 58.59 39 30.47 10 7.81 4 3.13 128
2019 62 50.00 54 43.55 5 4.03 3 2.42 124
2020 53 46.90 50 44.25 6 5.31 4 3.54 113
2021 44 42.72 56 54.37 2 1.94 1 0.97 103
2022 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 103

The total number of students in the municipality in 2011, in comparison to the total number of students in 2007, increased for 4.4%. Vasilevo is the third municipality in North Macedonia by rise of the total number of students.[2]

Vasilevo has a higher concentration of Catholics (Eastern) than most municipalities in North Macedonia, with the percentage of Catholic residents standing at 4.8% of the total populace in 2002 according to the census (581 Catholic residents out of 12122 total residents of the municipality[3]). The majority of these Catholic residents, 520 of them, live in the town of Nova Maala, where, out of the total of 823 residents, they make up a majority of 63.2%, followed by the 232 Muslim residents (28.2%).[3]

Localities

References

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