Vejce

Vejce
Вејце
Vicë
Village
Air view of the village
Air view of the village
Vejce is located in North Macedonia
Vejce
Vejce
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 42°04′N 20°51′E / 42.067°N 20.850°E / 42.067; 20.850
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipality Tetovo
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
848
 • Density0.50/km2 (1.3/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesTE
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Vejce (Macedonian: Вејце, Albanian: Vicë) is a village in the municipality of Tetovo, North Macedonia. It is a small village located in the Šar Mountains, some 9.01 kilometres away from the closest city Tetovo and 1250 metres above sea level.

History

Vejce is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 70 Christian households, 2 bachelors and 5 widows.

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Vejce exhibits largelly Slavic Orthodox anthroponomy with a smaller presence of Albanian ones.

During the insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia, on the way between Selce and Vejce, rebels of the paramilitary Albanian National Liberation Army ambushed the Macedonian armed forces, which resulted in the deaths of eight members.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 848 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:

Year Macedonian Albanian Turks Romani Vlachs Serbs Bosniaks Others Total
2002 1 1.114 ... ... ... ... ... 12 1.127
2021 2 804 ... ... ... ... ... 42 848

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Vejce was inhabited by 518 Muslim Albanians.

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. p. 373. Vejce: Nikola, son of Kovach; Kojchin, his son; Mino, his brother; Gjorgji, son of Mrse; Jonko, son of Belochek; Gjuro, brother of Bojko; Bogdan, son of Premović; Nikola, son of Bogdan; pop Dojchin; Radoslav, his son; Petko, son of Cvetko; brother-in-law of Stojo; Melko; Radule, his brother; Miladin; Vasil, son of Bogdan...
  3. 1 2 Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021
  4. ↑ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".