Stenče
Stenče
Стенче | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Stenče Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°52′34″N 21°00′07″E / 41.876032°N 21.001847°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Polog |
| Municipality |  Brvenica |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 150 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | . |
Stenče (Macedonian: Стенче) is a village in the municipality of Brvenica, North Macedonia. It is located close to the Kosovan border.
Historr[edit]
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Žerovjane appears as being largely inhabited by an Orthodox Christian Albanian population. Due to Slavicisation, some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes.
The names are: Petro Arbanas (t. Arnaut ); Gjini son of Dimitri; Rala, son of Gjon.[1]
Demographics[edit]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 150 inhabitants.[2] Ethnic groups in the village include:[2]
- Macedonians 149
- Serbs 1
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Stenče was inhabited by 842 Bulgarians and 2 Muslim Albanians.[3]
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Stenče was inhabited by 680 Orthodox Bulgarians.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Rexha, Iljaz (2012). "POPULLSIA ALBANE GJATË MESJETËS NË HAPSIRËN E MAQEDONISË SË SOTME" (43): 16.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 75.
- ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
- ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.