Plasnica
Plasnica | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Пласница | |
 View of Plasnica | |
  Plasnica Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°28′N 21°07′E / 41.467°N 21.117°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Southwestern |
| Municipality |  Plasnica |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 2,115 |
| Official Language(s) | |
| • primary | Macedonian |
| • secondary | Turkish |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | MB |
| Website | . |
Plasnica (Macedonian: , Turkish: Plasnitsa) is a village and seat of the municipality of Plasnica, North Macedonia.
Demographics
[edit]The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 32 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).[1]
Plasnica has traditionally been inhabited by a Torbeš population.[2][3]
As of the 2021 census, Plasnica had 2,115 residents with the following ethnic composition:[4]
- Turks 2,055
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 57
- Others 3
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 2,288 inhabitants.[5] Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]
- Turks 2250
- Macedonians 2
- Albanians 7
- Others 29
References
[edit]- ^ Qerim Dalipi. "NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave historike 47:29-48.
- ^ Trifunoski, Jovan F. (1968). Kičevska kotlina: Seoska naselja i stanovništvo. Izdanje autora. p. 115. "У његовој близини су торбешка села Преглово, Пласница и Лисичани."
- ^ Todorovski, Gligor (2001). Демографските процеси и промени во Македонија од почетокот на Првата балканска војна до осамостојувањето на Македонија: Со посебен осврт врз исламизираните Македонци. Инст. за национална историја. p. 356. ISBN 9789989624605. "Во Бродска околија исламизирани Македонци живееле во селата Дебреште, Лажани, Пласница и Преглово."
- ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
- ^ 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. 291.
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