Vejce
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Vejce ({{langx|mk|Вејце}}, {{langx|sq|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
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Vejce exhibits largelly Slavic Orthodox anthroponomy with a smaller presence of Albanian ones.{{cite book | last1 = Sokoloski | first1 = Metodija| last2 = Stojanovski | first2 = Aleksandar| title = ТУРСКИ ДОКУМЕНТИ ЗА ИСТОРИЈАТА НА МАКЕДОНСКИОТ НАРОД - ОПШИРЕН ПОПИСЕН ДЕФТЕР (1467-1468 година) |quote = 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... | publisher = Државен архив на Македонија|year = 1971 | issue=4 | page=373}}
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:Macedonian Census (2021), [http://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__NaselenieVkupno__PodatociNaselenie/T1503P21.px/table/tableViewLayout2/?rxid=46ee0f64-2992-4b45-a2d9-cb4e5f7ec5ef Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion], The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021
- Albanians 804
- Macedonians 2
- Others 42
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!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.{{cite web | url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm | title=Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures }}
References
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Category:Villages in Tetovo Municipality
Category:Albanian communities in North Macedonia
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