Staro Zmirnovo

Village in Pelagonia, North Macedonia

Staro Zmirnovo Старо Змирново Smirnovë e Vjetër
Village
41°06′N 21°18′E / 41.100°N 21.300°E / 41.100; 21.300
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Pelagonia
Municipality	Bitola
Population (2021)
• Total	0
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	BT
Website	.

Staro Zmirnovo (Macedonian: Старо Змирново, Albanian: Smirnovë e Vjetër) is a village in the municipality of Bitola, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Kukurečani.

Demographics

Staro Zmirnovo is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467/68 as a village in the vilayet of Manastir. The inhabitants attested bore typical Christian anthroponyms along with instances of Albanian and Slavic ones: Dimitri, son of Rade, Gjin, son of Sirak.^[1]

Staro Zmirnovo has traditionally and exclusively been populated by Muslim Albanians.^[2]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Staro Zmirnovo was inhabited by 70 Muslim Albanians.^[3]

As of the 2021 census, Staro Zmirnovo had zero residents.^[4]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 10 inhabitants who self declared as Macedonians, their mother tongue as the Albanian language and being of the Muslim faith.^[5]

References

^ Murati, Qemal (2022). "EMRA VETJAKË TË PROVENIENCËS SHQIPTARE NË VILAJETIN E MANASTIRIT NË DRITËN E DEFTERËVE OSMANË TË SHEK. XV". Studime Albanologjike. ITSH: 27. ZMIRNOVO Gin, i biri i Sirak-ut; Dimitri, i biri i Rade-s; Stamat, i biri i Dimitri-t; Backo, i biri i Dimitri-t.
^ Godišen zbornik (1969). Volumes 17-18. Univerzitet vo Skopje. Geografski institut. p. 171. "Чисто албански села сега се: Арматуш, Кишава, Острец, Злокуќани, Снегово, Старо Змирново, Саждево, Јакреново, Борино, Норово, Древеник. При ослободувањето од турското владеење во 1912 г. оваа област имала повеќе чисто албански села."
^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 238.
^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
^ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 187, 265, 402.