Jažince, Jegunovce

Jažince
Јажинце
Jazhincë
Village
Jažince
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 42°10′N 21°11′E / 42.167°N 21.183°E / 42.167; 21.183
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipality Jegunovce
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
913
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesTE
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Jažince (Macedonian: Јажинце, Albanian: Jazhincë) is a village in the municipality of Jegunovce, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Vratnica.

History

Jažince is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 26 Christian households and 2 bachelors.[1]

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Jažince exhibits Slavic Orthodox anthroponomy.[2]

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 913 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

  • Albanians 884
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 29

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Jažince was inhabited by 220 Muslim Albanians and 25 Orthodox Bulgarians.[4]

References

  1. ^ Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
  2. ^ Sokoloski, Metodija; Stojanovski, Aleksandar (1971). ТУРСКИ ДОКУМЕНТИ ЗА ИСТОРИЈАТА НА МАКЕДОНСКИОТ НАРОД - ОПШИРЕН ПОПИСЕН ДЕФТЕР (1467-1468 година). Државен архив на Македонија. pp. 379–380. Jažinci: Dragoslav Bozhidar; Jovan, son of Bozhidar; Radoslav Dragoslav; Jovan, son of Milosh; Dimitri, son of Milosh; Lazar, son of Milosh; Doko Srbin; Vladislav Srbin; Nikola, son of Dobroslav...
  3. ^ a b Macedonian Census (2021), Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021
  4. ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 211.