Vasilevo ( mk, ) is a municipality in the eastern part of
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...
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Vasilevo'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Vasilevo Municipality is part of the
Southeastern Statistical Region
The Southeastern Statistical Region ( mk, Југоисточен Регион) is one of eight statistical regions of North Macedonia. Southeastern, located in the southeastern part of the country, borders Greece and Bulgaria. Internally, it borde ...
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Demographics
According to the last national census from 2021, this municipality has 10,552 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
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.
Во основните училишта за 10 години дури 46.500 ученици помалку
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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[2002 Macedonian census]
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Localities
* Nova Maala
Nova Maala ( mk, Нова Mаала) is a village in the municipality of Vasilevo, North Macedonia. Most of the inhabitants of the village are Macedonian Catholics of Eastern Rite.
Demographics
According to the 2002 census, the village had a to ...
References
External links
Official website
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Municipalities of North Macedonia