Kruà ¡evo Municipality ( ; ) is a municipality in the central region of North Macedonia. Kruà ¡evo is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of the Pelagonia Statistical Region.
The municipality borders Plasnica Municipality to the northwest, Makedonski Brod Municipality to the north, Dolneni Municipality and Krivogaà ¡tani Municipality to the east, Mogila Municipality to the south, and Demir Hisar Municipality and KiÃÂevo Municipality to the west.
Besides Macedonians, the municipality of Kruà ¡evo also contains a Muslim Albanian population living in the region. In the modern era relations between Kruà ¡evo Aromanians and Muslim Albanians remain cordial, as do relations of Kruà ¡evo's Christian inhabitants with Muslim villagers of the municipality when they arrive into town to conduct business on market day and attend to administrative tasks. In 1996 the creation of à ½itoà ¡e municipality (now part of Dolneni Municipality) reduced some of Kruà ¡evo Municipality's religious and linguistic diversity as the new municipal unit included a sizable number of Muslim Albanians.
According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, this municipality has 8,385 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
There are 18 inhabited places in this municipality.
Education in the Municipality is organized in 2 elementary schools and 1 high school:
During the school year 2018/2019, 750 students attended elementary school in the territory of Municipality, of which 366 Albanians, 321 Macedonians, 57 Aromanians and 6 others.