Optičari (Macedonian Cyrillic: Оптичари) is a village away from Bitola, which is the second-largest city in North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Bistrica.
Demographics According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, the inhabitants of Optičari bore a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes.
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 317 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 70.
Macedonians 316 Serbs 1
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