Bitola Municipality Explained

Municipality of Bitola
Native Name:	Општина Битола
Native Name Lang:	mk
Settlement Type:	Urban municipality
Flag Size:	150px
Image Blank Emblem:	Coat of arms of Bitola Municipality.svg
Blank Emblem Type:	Coat of arms
Coordinates:	41.0333°N 41°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Pelagonia
Seat Type:	Municipal seat
Seat:	Bitola
Leader Title:	Mayor
Leader Name:	Toni Konjanovski (VMRO-DPMNE)^[1]
Area Total Km2:	787.95
Population Total:	85,164
Population Density Km2:	auto
Postal Code:	7000
Area Code:	047
Blank Name Sec1:	Vehicle registration
Blank Info Sec1:	BT
Website:	http://www.bitola.gov.mk
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1

Bitola (mk|Битола pronounced as /mk/) is a municipality in the southern part of North Macedonia. Bitola is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is located. The municipality is located in the Pelagonia Statistical Region.

Geography

The municipality of Bitola borders the Demir Hisar Municipality to the north, the Mogila Municipality to the northeast, the Resen Municipality to the west, the Novaci Municipality to the southeast and Greece to the south.

The municipality extends through the Pelagonia Valley, reaching the highest points of the Baba Mountain. The Black River runs through the municipality.

Demographics

In 2002 the population of the municipality together with Mogila and Novaci was 105,644.^[2]

By the 2003 territorial division of the Republic, the rural Bistrica Municipality and Capari Municipality were annexed to the Bitola Municipality. Without these two municipalities the population of the municipality was 86,176, according to the national census of 1994, and 86,480 at the last census. The population of the defunct Bistrica Municipality in 1994 was 5,779, and according to the last census was 5,042. The population of the former Capari Municipality in 1994 was 1,793, and according to the last census was 1,424.

2002		2021^[3]
	Number	%	Number	%
TOTAL	95,385	100	85,164	100
Macedonians	84,616	88.71	69,182	81.23
Albanians	4,164	4.37	4,018	4.72
Roma	2,613	2.74	2,890	3.39
Vlachs	1,270	1.33	1,205	1.41
Turks	1,610	1.69	1,174	1.38
Serbs	541	0.57	359	0.42
Bosniaks	21	0.02	49	0.05
Other / Undeclared / Unknown	550	0.57	782	0.94
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources			5,505	6.46

Inhabited places

The number of inhabited places in the municipality is 69. There is one city and 68 villages.

Inhabited Places	Total			Turks	Roma	Vlachs	Serbs	Bosnians	Others
Bitola Municipality	85,164	69,182	4,018	1,174	2,890	1,205	359	49	6,287
	69287	55995	2441	1115	2862	1003	321	47	4774
	146	115	1	0	0	0	0	0	30
	734	660	43	0	0	1	6	1	20
	168	120	34	0	0	6	0	4	4
	190	179	0	0	0	0	1	1	9
	1125	1023	18	22	0	0	4	3	54
	165	37	109	0	7	0	0	1	11
	69	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2521	2442	1	2	4	11	8	0	49
	202	7	190	0	0	0	0	0	5
	213	192	0	0	0	1	2	0	17
	236	30	200	1	0	0	0	1	4
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1734	1590	0	0	0	6	2	9	127
	84	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
	117	112	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
	35	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	144	14	120	0	0	0	0	0	10
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	31	21	8	2	0	0	0	0	0
	104	89	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
	290	283	0	0	0	0	1	2	4
	185	0	169	0	0	0	0	0	16
	819	778	2	4	0	0	0	4	31
	100	78	3	9	2	0	4	0	4
	564	549	3	0	0	0	1	3	8
	239	200	21	5	0	0	2	0	11
	784	730	5	0	15	0	1	0	33
	291	273	0	0	0	2	0	1	15
	228	105	117	0	0	0	0	0	6
	110	16	94	0	0	0	0	0	0
	163	153	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
	577	541	1	8	0	0	2	0	25
	212	211	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	81	60	0	0	0	16	0	2	3
	50	2	0	0	0	44	0	0	4
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	156	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	2
	125	21	12	4	0	77	0	5	6
	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	146	133	3	0	0	0	1	4	5
	242	233	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	161	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	7
	196	190	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
	139	110	17	0	0	0	1	0	11
	22	12	9	0	0	0	0	1	0
	550	530	4	0	0	2	2	0	12
	93	91	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	74	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	219	209	0	0	0	0	0	1	9
	45	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	87	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
	263	130	69	2	0	34	0	1	27
	307	284	0	0	0	1	0	1	21
	264	218	0	0	0	0	0	0	46
	31	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	5

External links

Official website

Notes and References

https://rezultati-prv.sec.mk/en/mayr/r/5 Local Elections 2025 – Mayor of Bitola
Web site: PDF. http://makstat.stat.gov.mk/popis2011/ReklamenMaterijal/Bilten%2001%20so%20ind.pdf. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005085531/http://makstat.stat.gov.mk/popis2011/ReklamenMaterijal/Bilten%2001%20so%20ind.pdf. 2011-10-05. mk:Пописот на населението, домаќинствата и становите, 2011 година. Census of the Population, Households and Dwellings in 2011. mk. Macedonian State Statistical Office. 2011.
Web site: Попис на населението, домаќинствата и становите во Република Северна Македонија, 2021 - прв сет на податоци . stat.gov.mk . 22 July 2022.