Lešnica, Kičevo

Lešnica Лешница Leshnicë
Village
Lešnica Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°34′17″N 20°54′33″E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Southwestern
Municipality	Kičevo
Population  (2021)
• Total	95
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	KI
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Lešnica (Macedonian: Лешница, Albanian: Leshnicë) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former Zajas Municipality.

Demographics

The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 15 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).^[1]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Lešnica was inhabited by a 128 Muslim Albanians and 103 Serbian-speaking Orthodox Albanians.^[2]

As of the 2021 census, Lešnica had 95 residents with the following ethnic composition:^[3]

• Albanians 70
• Macedonians 20
• Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 5

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 219 inhabitants.^[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[4]

• Albanians 182
• Macedonians 37

References

1. Qerim Dalipi. "NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave historike 47:29-48.
2. "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
3. Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
4. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 103.

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