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Trpejca
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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.

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Place details

Locality
Трпејца
Country
Северна Македонија
Population
0

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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
Settlement.subdivision_name2
15px Ohrid
Settlement.population_as_of
2021
Settlement.population_total
320
Settlement.timezone
CET
Settlement.utc_offset
+1
Settlement.timezone_DST
CEST

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
village
Population
320
Elevation
942
Image
Ohrid Lake and Trpejca seen from Galicica2.jpg
Dialing code
046
Patron saint
Ascension of Jesus
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Commons category
Trpejca
located in/on physical feature
Ohrid
postal code
6322
electorate
273
male population
158
female population
162
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • History
  • Pre-Modern
  • Present
  • Demographics
  • Economics
  • Culture
  • References

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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Trpejca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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