Matejče
Matejče
Матејче Mateç | |
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Village | |
 Church of Our Saviour | |
  Matejče Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 42°07′32″N 21°35′52″E / 42.1256°N 21.5978°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Municipality |  Lipkovo |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 2,961 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | KU |
| Website | . |
Matejče (Macedonian: Матејче; Albanian: Mateç) is a village in the municipality of Lipkovo, North Macedonia. The village is known for the Orthodox Monastery of the Most Holy Mother of God, in the Skopska Crna Gora, at a height of 1005 metres, which was built in the 14th century.
Demographics
[edit]According to the statistics of the Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 400 inhabitants lived in the village of Matejče, of which 536 were Albanians, 52 Romani and 50 Bulgarians.[1]
According to the Secretary of the Bulgarian Exarchate Dimitar Mišev ("La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne"), in 1905 there were 104 Bulgarians in Matejče.[2]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 3394 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]
- Albanians 3012
- Serbs 325
- Macedonians 17
- Others 39
As of the 2021 census, Matejče had 2,961 residents with the following ethnic makeup:[4]
- Albanians 2,855
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 100
- Serbs 4
- Macedonians 1
- Others 1
References
[edit]- ^ Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900 p. 217
- ^ Brancoff, D.M. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne. Avec deux cartes ethnographiques", Paris, 1905 р. 126-127
- ^ 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. 132.
- ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
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