Selnik () is a small

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in the

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Delčevo Delčevo ( ) is a small town in the eastern mountainous part of North Macedonia. It is the municipal seat of Delčevo Municipality. The town is named after the revolutionary leader Goce Delčev. History Delčevo, according to a legend in ...

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. It is situated on one of the mountains next to the town of

and close to the Bulgarian border. Parts of the village are named after Sezotove's old family clans who settled there long time ago, for example ''Lesovci'' (named after the family name Lesovski).

History

At the beginning of the 20th century, Selnik was a village in Maleshevo

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of the

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. According to a census of

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(" Macedonia. Ethnography and statistics" in the year 1900, Selnik was a small village with 120 Christian

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. The "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne" survey by Dimitar Mishev (D. Brankov) concluded that village has 112 Exarchist

in 1905.D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, р.140-141. (in French)

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 28 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002)
''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''
The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 314. * Macedonians 28

References

Villages in Delčevo Municipality {{Delčevo-geo-stub

History

Demographics

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