Lešnica, Kičevo

Coordinates: 41°34′17″N 20°54′33″E / 41.57139°N 20.90917°E / 41.57139; 20.90917
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Lešnica
Лешница
Leshnicë
Village
Lešnica is located in North Macedonia
Lešnica
Lešnica
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°34′17″N 20°54′33″E / 41.57139°N 20.90917°E / 41.57139; 20.90917
Country North Macedonia
Region Southwestern
Municipality Kičevo
Population
 (2021)
 • Total95
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesKI
Website.

Lešnica (Macedonian: Лешница, Albanian: Leshnicë) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former Zajas Municipality.

Demographics[edit]

The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 15 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).[1]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Lešnica was inhabited by a 128 Muslim Albanians and 103 Serbian-speaking Orthodox Albanians.[2]

As of the 2021 census, Lešnica had 95 residents with the following ethnic composition:[3]

  • Albanians 70
  • Macedonians 20
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 5

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 219 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Qerim Dalipi. "NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave historike 47:29-48.
  2. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
  3. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  4. ^ 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. 103.

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