Municipality of Vasilevo
Strumica valley municipality hosting North Macedonia's first regional landfill alongside traditional agriculture and the Turia dam.
Vasilevo exists in the northwestern Strumica valley where North Macedonia's first regional landfill demonstrates waste management infrastructure development. This municipality of 12,122 residents (82% Macedonian, 17% Turkish) covers territory between the municipalities of Bosilovo, Berovo, Radoviš, and Strumica, hosting 18 settlements and 185 active business entities.
The formation era established agricultural traditions in the Strumica valley's fertile conditions—the same climate and soil that make the region North Macedonia's largest producer and exporter of agricultural products. The Turia dam provides water resources while the industrial zone at Gradašorci offers manufacturing land near the A4 highway.
Today Vasilevo operates through agriculture, transport, and textiles. Local enterprises include Miss Stone (catering), Dijagonala (sanitary sales), 11ti Septemvri (wood industry), and Evromak (agricultural product purchasing). The Austrian firm Asa International operates the regional landfill at Dobrošinci—the country's first, demonstrating that waste management modernization attracts foreign investment. The Strumica regional economy of 93,024 inhabitants across four municipalities leads national agricultural production and exports.
By 2026, Vasilevo's competitive advantages—village tourism, healthy food production, Turia dam recreation, and regional waste disposal—define distinct development paths. The Strumica region's bioeconomy potential could generate value from agricultural residues as renewable energy feedstock, adding to the traditional export economy.