Jankovec

Jankovec (Macedonian: Јанковец) is a village located in Resen Municipality in the Republic of North Macedonia. The people of Jankovec are mostly farmers and own their own farms or plantations. Apple, corn, wheat and tobacco are generally grown in the region.

Jankovec Јанковец
Village
Jankovec Monastery with the two churches: the older dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos; and the newer dedicated to Ignatius of Antioch
Jankovec Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°06′30″N 21°00′40″E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Pelagonia
Municipality	Resen
Population  (2021)
• Total	1,106
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+389
Car plates	RE

With a population of 1,169, Jankovec is the second-largest settlement in the municipality after Resen.^[1]

Churches

There are 5 churches in Jankovec, two of which are situated within Jankovec Monastery.^[2]

• St. Athanasius Church, the oldest church
• St. Ignatius of Antioch Church, relatively new church, second monastery church
• St. John Church, located in the village and was consecrated in 1866
• St. Nicholas Church, located about 1 km (0.62 mi) east of the village
• Church of Dormition of the Theotokos, the main monastery church consecrated in the 18th century

Demographics

Aside from the municipal centre of Resen, Jankovec is the only settlement in Resen Municipality to have over 1,000 residents.^[3] A small part of the village population is of Aromanian origin.^[4]

Ethnic group	census 1961		census 1971		census 1981		census 1991		census 1994		census 2002		census 2021
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Macedonians	699	93.6	892	96.4	1,283	98.2	1,268	97.0	1,177	97.0	1,149	98.3	1,020	92.2
others	48	6.4	33	3.6	24	1.8	39	3.0	47	3.0	20	1.7	60	5.4
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources													26	2.4
Total	747		925		1,307		1,307		1,214		1,169		1,106

Aromanians were the second biggest ethnic group in the village after Macedonians during Ottoman times.^[5]