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Kamenjane

Coordinates: 41°57′N 20°56′E / 41.950°N 20.933°E / 41.950; 20.933
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Kamenjane
Kameњaнe
Kamjan
Village
Kamenjane is located in North Macedonia
Kamenjane
Kamenjane
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°57′N 20°56′E / 41.950°N 20.933°E / 41.950; 20.933
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipality Bogovinje
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
3,654
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
1221
Car platesTE
Website.

Kamenjane (Macedonian: Kameњaнe, Albanian: Kamjan) is a village in the municipality of Bogovinje, North Macedonia. It is located about seven kilometres west of Tetovo. The name (Kamenyane - English spelling) means stoneville in English. Kamenjane used to be the seat of a separate municipality that bore its name before it was merged with that of Bogovinje in 2004.

Demographics

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As of the 2021 census, Kamenjane had 3,654 residents with the following ethnic composition:[1]

  • Albanians 3,385
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 265
  • Bosniaks 3
  • Macedonians 2
  • Others 1

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 4,834 inhabitants.[2] Ethnic groups in the village include:[2]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Kamenjane was inhabited by 1670 Muslim Albanians.[3]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Kamenjane was inhabited by 630 Muslim Albanians.[4]

Sports

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The local football club, KF Kamjani, plays in the Macedonian Third League (West Division).

References

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  1. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  2. ^ 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. 110.
  3. ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
  4. ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.
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