Pršovce
Пршовце
Përshefcë
Village
Pršovce is located in North Macedonia
Pršovce
Pršovce
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 42°05′N 21°04′E / 42.083°N 21.067°E / 42.083; 21.067
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipality Tearce
Population
 (2021)
  Total1,923
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesTE
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Pršovce (Macedonian: Пршовце, Albanian: Përshec) is a village in the municipality of Tearce, North Macedonia.

Name

The name appears in medieval records as Prushefc, from the Latin loan into Albanian pirus-prush and the Slavic suffix ovci/e.[1]

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Pršovce had 1,923 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]

  • Albanians 1,871
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 37
  • Macedonians 11
  • Others 4

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 2,516 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Pršovce was inhabited by 165 Muslim Albanians.[4]

References

  1. Rexha, Iljaz (2011). "Vendbanimet dhe popullsia albane gjatë mesjetës në hapësirën e Maqedonisë së sotme: Sipas burimeve sllave dhe osmane". Gjurmime Albanologjike: Seria e Shkencave Historike (41–42): 96.
  2. Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  3. 1 2 Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 185.
  4. Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.


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