Trpejca
Sign in to saveTrpejca ( ) is a village at the foot of the Galičica Mountain and along the shore of the Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia. Traditionally a fishing village, it has recently become an upscale vacation spot relying heavily on tourism during the summer months. Trpejca is home to around 303 inhabitants and has just one school, two shops, and a church recently built on the exact location of an older one. It is known as the Macedonian Saint-Tropez among locals due to its recent tourist influx.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Trpejca
- Settlement.native_name
- Трпејца
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Trpeytsa-View-From-Galichitsa.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Trpejca from Galičica
- Settlement.image_alt
- Red-roofed village on an outcrop by the lakeshore
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- North Macedonia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within North Macedonia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 15px Southwestern
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- North Macedonia
- Located in
- Ohrid Municipality
- Population
- +320
- Elevation
- +942
- Time zone
- Central European Summer Time
- Image
- Ohrid Lake and Trpejca seen from Galicica2.jpg
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Trpejca ( ) is a village at the foot of the Galičica Mountain and along the shore of the Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia. Traditionally a fishing village, it has recently become an upscale vacation spot relying heavily on tourism during the summer months. Trpejca is home to around 303 inhabitants and has just one school, two shops, and a church recently built on the exact location of an older one. It is known as the Macedonian Saint-Tropez among locals due to its recent tourist influx.
== Etymology == 300px|thumb|Drawing by the 18th century painter Hristofor Žefarović where Trpejca is pictured as Trapezitsa