Stenče
Stenče (Macedonian: Стенче) is a village in the municipality of Brvenica, North Macedonia. It is located close to the Kosovan border. HistorrAccording to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Žerovjane appears as being largely inhabited by an Orthodox Christian Albanian population. Due to Slavicisation, some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes. The names are: Petro Arbanas (t. Arnaut ); Gjini son of Dimitri; Rala, son of Gjon.[1] DemographicsAccording to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 150 inhabitants.[2] Ethnic groups in the village include:[2]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Stenče was inhabited by 842 Bulgarians and 2 Muslim Albanians.[3] In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Stenče was inhabited by 680 Orthodox Bulgarians.[4] References
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