Staro Nagoričane
village and seat of Staro Nagoričane Municipality, Macedonia
Staro Nagoričane (Macedonian: ) is a village in North Macedonia and the seat of the Staro Nagoričane municipality. The village is primarily known for its 11th century Church of St. George, first constructed in 1071 during Byzantine Macedonia, and reconstructed between 1313 and 1318 by Serbian King Stefan Milutin.
Geography
The village is located in the Sredorek region.
Culture
Church of St. George
Demographics
As of the 2021 census, Staro Nagoričane had 493 residents with the following ethnic composition:
Serbs 302 (61.3%)
Macedonians 169 (34.3%)
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 18 (3.7%)
Others 4
According to the 2002 census, the village had 555 inhabitants, out of which 452 (~80%) were Serbs, 100 (~20%) were Macedonians, 1 was Romani, and 2 Others.
Annotations
Name: The official name is Staro Nagoričane, while it has been historically spelled Staro Nagoričano (Старо Нагоричано) and Staro Nagoričino (Старо Нагоричино)
References
External links
"Crkva 'Sv. orli'" (in Macedonian).
The public source identifies “Staro Nagoričane” as village and seat of Staro Nagoričane Municipality, Macedonia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Staro, Nagoričane and village.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2731411. Authority coordinates are 42.200, 21.830. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1071, 1313, 1318 and 2021.
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This entry incorporates text from “Staro Nagoričane” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.