Bezovo


Bezovo is a village in Municipality of Struga, North Macedonia.

Population

Bezovo is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the vilayet of Dulgobrda. The settlement had a total of 8 households with the anthroponymy attested being of a mixed Albanian-Slavic character with a slight predominance of Slavic names. Bezovo is again recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1583 as a village in the vilayet of Dulgobrda. The settlement had a total of 24 households with the anthroponymy attested being mostly Slavic in character, with Albanian anthroponyms forming a minority as well as displaying instances of Slavicisation. The village had 1 Muslim household.
According to the 1943 Albanian census, Bezovo was inhabited by 172 Orthodox Macedonians.
The current population is 54 :
  • Macedonians 53
  • Others 1