Crvivci

Crvivci Црвивци Cërvicë
Village
Crvivci Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°33′32″N 20°59′08″E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Southwestern
Municipality	Kičevo
Population  (2021)
• Total	705
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	KI
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Crvivci (Macedonian: Црвивци, Albanian: Cërvicë) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Oslomej.

History

During the period of 1912–1913, members of the Serbian army massacred a total of 36 Albanian men from the village. The bodies were buried in mass graves.^[1]

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Crvivci had 705 residents with the following ethnic composition:^[2]

• Albanians 671
• Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 34

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,725 inhabitants.^[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[3]

• Albanians 1,702
• Macedonians 3
• Bosniaks 1
• Others 19

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Crvivci was inhabited by a total of 722 Muslim Albanians.^[4]

The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 48 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).^[5]

References

1. Hyseni, Safet (2007). Varrezat masive në Kërçovë dhe rrethinë. Kičevo: DEA. pp. 37–41. ISBN 9789989143373.
2. Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
3. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 150.
4. "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
5. Qerim Dalipi. "NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave historike 47:29-48.

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