Pretor, Resen

Pretor (Macedonian: Претор) is a village in the Resen Municipality of Macedonia, on the northeastern shore of Lake Prespa. The village is located over 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of the municipal centre of Resen.[1]

Pretor Претор
Village
Pretor
Pretor Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 40°58′46″N 21°03′42″E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Pelagonia
Municipality	Resen
Population  (2002)
• Total	142
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)	+389
Car plates	RE

History

Pretor's oldest church, St Sava, is dated from the 14th century.[2]

Demographics

Pretor has 142 inhabitants as of the most recent census of 2002.[3] The majority ethnic group in the village has been the Macedonians.[4]

Ethnic group	census 1961		census 1971		census 1981		census 1991		census 1994		census 2002
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Macedonians	218	99.1	234	100	185	97.4	170	97.4	149	97.3	138	97.1
others	2	0.9	0	0.0	5	2.6	4	2.6	4	2.7	4	2.9
Total	220		234		190		174		153		142

Panorama of Pretor beach with the village in the distant centre-west and flanked by Lake Prespa to the centre-east and the Galičica mountains (east)

People from Pretor

• Pande Eftimov (1932 - 2017), poet and journalist[5]
• Pande Sudžov (1882 - 1927), member of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization[6]

References

1. "Pretor". Retrieved 2 March 2014.
2. "Цркви". visitpelagonia.mk. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
3. Municipality of Resen
4. Censuses of population 1948 - 2002 Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
5. Sotyanova, Virginia. Българи от близката чужбина Македония, Албания, Сърбия, Румъния, Молдова, Украйна, Университетско издателство „Св. Климент Охридски“, Sofia, 2005 , стр.43
6. Mihaylov, Ivan. Спомени, т. IV, 1973, с. 139, Каспаров, Христо. Прв обид за портрет на преспанскиот револуционерен деец Панде Иванов Суджов (1882-1927). (2) - Крвавата драма одиграна на брегот на Преспанското Езеро, Македонско дело, година VII, број 349, 7.7.2000, с. 71.