Belče (Macedonian: Белче) is a village in the municipality of Demir Hisar, North Macedonia.
Belče
Белче | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Belče Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°14′43″N 21°12′05″E / 41.245380°N 21.201352°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Pelagonia |
| Municipality |  Demir Hisar |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 245 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | . |
Demographics
editin the 1467/1468 Ottoman defter, the village had 9 households and 2 widow. The onomastics consisted entirely of Christian Slavic anthroponyms.[1] In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Belče was inhabited by 100 Christian Bulgarians.[2]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 245 inhabitants.[3] The only ethnic groups in the village are the Macedonians.[3]
References
edit- ^ . Димитров, Никола (2017). ГЕОГРАФИЈА НА НАСЕЛБИ - Општина Демир Хисар -. Битола: Национална и универзитетска библиотека "Св. Климент Охридски", Скопје. p. 12-13.
Степан, cин на Дабе; Белко, син на Добрико; Јован, син на Трајко, Бело, син на Жоре (Журе), Степан, син на Богојче, Никола, син на казанџија; поп Трајче, Милан, син на Петко; вдовица Радислава, вдовица Стана
- ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 236.
- ^ 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. 93.