Trpejca
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Trpejca Трпејца |
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Trpejca from Galičica
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 Trpejca
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| Coordinates: 40°57′N 20°47′E / 40.950°N 20.783°E | |
| Country |
 Republic of Macedonia
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| Municipality | Ohrid Municipality |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 303 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
Trpejca (Macedonian: Трпејца) is a village at the foot of the Galicica Mountain and along the shore of the Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. Traditionally a fishing village, it has recently become an upscale vacation spot relying heavily on the 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.
Not a whole deal is known about the history of Trpejca but local stories tell a tale of the village being named after a woman who was the wife of a man called Trpe, in turn they called her Trpejca. Locals will date the village at various years of age but the common theory is that it began to be settled in the late 16th century. During this time it was involved in and relied heavily on fishing and trading its resources with Ohrid and surrounding Villages.
In modern times it has become largely a tourist destination during the summer months with the locals relying less on fishing and more on tourism and hospitality. With the forces of urbanisation at work the younger generation tend to reside in the cities of Macedonia, mainly Ohrid or Skopje. This has lead to the population of Trpejca to stagnate and has kept it fairly low. Those who do remain continue to live mostly off the land with each family still relying heavily on farming their own food and . In the summer most tend to open their doors as Bed and Breakfast's for the large number of incoming tourists.
Trpejca's residents rely quite heavily on the tourism boom in the summer without which there would be a severe lack of activity in the village. The last decade has seen a number of developments in the village hoping to cash in on the summer business. Many houses were built illegally without approval by the government during the boom period of tourism, and because of this had to be knocked down. Remnants of this are still visible today as many of the demolished houses including some of which are along the shoreline have not been cleaned up and the rubble remains. Most of the tourists entering the village are from Macedonia itself more specifically from the capital, Skopje. Others include Greeks, Albanians and ex pats coming back to Macedonia for holiday from places such as Australia, Canada or the US.
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