Forino, Gostivar


Forino is a village in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia. Forino's distance is 5.15 km / 3.2 mi away from the center of the municipality.

Demographics

Forino is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 38 Christian households 2 bachelors and 4 widows.
As of the 2021 census, Forino had 2,809 residents with the following ethnic composition:
  • Albanians 2,710
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 94
  • Others 5
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 4,652 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Forino was inhabited by 1403 Muslim Albanians.

Sports

Local football club KF Vardari plays in the Macedonian Second League.

Notable people