Lažec

Lažec

Лажец
Luzeç
Lažec Лажец; Luzeç
Village
	Air view of the village
	Lažec Location within North Macedonia
	Coordinates: 40°55′N 21°23′E / 40.917°N 21.383°E
Country	North Macedonia
Municipality	Bitola Municipality
Statistical region	Pelagonia Statistical Region
Population (2002)
• Total	302
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	BT
Website	.

Lažec (Macedonian: Лажец; Albanian: Luzeç) is a village in the municipality of Bitola, North Macedonia.

Demographics

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Lažec had families who displayed mixed Albanian and Slavic anthroponymy, with instances of individuals bearing both Slavic and Albanian names (e.g., Gjon Cvetko). The names are: Nikolla Muzak, Pejo Muzak, Lek-o, Arbanas (t.Arnaut), Todor Leko, Stojk-o Progon, Nikolla Gjin-i, Gjin Loja-o, Bard-i, Arbanas (t. Arnaut), Gjin Bard-i, Jovan Bard-i, Dimitri Bard-i Nikolla Arbanas (t. Arnaut), Dimitri Gjinguri, Pejo Gjinguri, Nikolla Gjinguri, Pron-ko, Progon-i, Miho Gjergj- i, Gjon Cvetko, Pejo Zoj-in, Gjurgjo-Zoin, Dimitri Kalojani, Petr Kaslojani, Dimitri Petro, Dimitri- Dojçe-in, Lazor (no patronym), Gjergj Miho.^[1]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Lažec was inhabited by 340 Christian Bulgarians and 400 Muslim Albanians.^[2]

According to the statistics of Geographers Dimitri Mitsev and D. M. Brancoff, the town had a total Christian population of 360 in 1905, of which all were Patriarchist Bulgarians.^[3]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 302 inhabitants.^[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[4]

Macedonians 161
Albanians 135
Serbs 4
Others 2

References

^ Rexha, Iljaz (2012). "POPULLSIA ALBANE GJATË MESJETËS NË HAPSIRËN E MAQEDONISË SË SOTME" (43): 25. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 236.
^ Dimitri Mitsev and D. M. Brancoff, La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne, p. 166
^ ^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. 70.

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[1] Rexha, Iljaz (2012). "POPULLSIA ALBANE GJATË MESJETËS NË HAPSIRËN E MAQEDONISË SË SOTME" (43): 25. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[2] Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 236.

[3] Dimitri Mitsev and D. M. Brancoff, La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne, p. 166

[Statisticaloffice-4] Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 70.

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