Bardovci
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Bardovci ({{Langx|mk|Бардовци}}; {{langx|sq|Bardhoc}}) is a village in the municipality of Karpoš, North Macedonia.
Name
The name of the village is derived from a proto-Albanian substrate from the form Bard-Bardh (white) alongside the Slavic suffix - "ovci".{{cite book|last=Ivić|first=Pavle|title=Zbornik Šeste jugoslovenske onomastičke konferencije|year=1987|publisher=Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DAQbAAAAIAAJ&q=Palabardh|pages=567|isbn=9788670250758}} "Smatramo das u od osnove bard- (bardh) nastali i toponimi Bardovce (kod Skoplja)"{{cite journal|last=Rexha|first=Iljaz|title=Vendbanimet dhe popullsia albane gjatë mesjetës në hapësirën e Maqedonisë së sotme: Sipas burimeve sllave dhe osmane|url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=70066|journal=Gjurmime Albanologjike: Seria e Shkencave Historike|issue=41–42|year=2011|pages=179}} "Përveç vendbanimeve të lartpërmendura me etnonimin arban-alban, në defterët e shek. XV janë regjistruar edhe disa toponime tjera parasllave: vendbanimi mesjetar Bardofci,[41] i Shkupit i sajuar mbi substratin arban, nga Bard-Bardh-ofci i protoshqipes."; p. 213. "[41]. BOA, Rumeli tahrir defteri nr.12, Turski dokumenti- opsiren popisen defter od XV vek, tom III, Shkup 1976, f.176. TD. No-4, f.437."
Demographics
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Bardovci appears as being inhabited by a Muslim population. The household heads' names are: Ali servant of Halil, Musa son of Abdullah, Ajdin servant of Haxhi Bula, Shahin son of Abdullah.{{cite journal|last=Rexha|first=Iljaz|title=POPULLSIA ALBANE GJATË MESJETËS NË HAPSIRËN E MAQEDONISË SË SOTME|url=https://www.academia.edu/23971339|issue=43|year=2012|pages=20}}
As of the 2021 census, Bardovci had 2,291 residents with the following ethnic composition:[https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__NaselenieVkupno__PodatociNaselenie/T1503P21.px/table/tableViewLayout2/?rxid=cc8e0490-07b6-4002-adf4-9b4891b66655 Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021]
- Macedonians 2,075
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 109
- Serbs 42
- Others 65
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,472 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002), [http://www.stat.gov.mk/publikacii/knigaX.pdf Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion], The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 63.
- Macedonians 1,432
- Serbs 33
- Romani 2
- Others 7
Sports
Local football club FK Lepenec has played in the Macedonian Third League twice.
References
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{{Karpoš Municipality}}
Category:Villages in Karpoš Municipality
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