Jegunovce Municipality

Jegunovce (Macedonian: Јегуновце, Albanian: Jegunoc) is a municipality in the northwest of North Macedonia. Jegunovce is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Jegunovce Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.

Municipality of Jegunovce
Општина Јегуновце
Komuna e Jegunocit
Rural municipality
Flag of Municipality of Jegunovce
Coat of arms of Municipality of Jegunovce
Location of Municipality of Jegunovce
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipal seatJegunovce
Government
 • MayorDimitar Kostadinoski (VMRO-DPMNE)
Area
 • Total
176.93 km2 (68.31 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
8,895
 • Density60.98/km2 (157.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
Area code044
car platesТЕ
Websitehttp://www.OpstinaJegunovce.gov.mk

Geography

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The municipality borders Kosovo to the north and east, the city of Skopje to the southeast, Tearce Municipality to the west, Želino Municipality to the south and Tetovo Municipality to the southwest.

History

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By the 2003 territorial division of the republic, the rural Vratnica Municipality was attached to Jegunovce Municipality.

Demographics

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The municipality has 8,895 inhabitants, according to the 2021 North Macedonia census.[1] Ethnic groups in the municipality:

2002 2021
Number % Number %
TOTAL 10,790 100 8,895 100
Macedonians 5,963 55.26 4,746 53.36
Albanians 4,642 43.02 3,482 39.15
Serbs 109 1.01 89 1
Roma 41 0.38 49 0.55
Turks 4 0.04
Bosniaks 1 0.01
Other / Undeclared / Unknown 30 0.28 11 0.12
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 518 5.82


Macedonians Albanians Turks Serbs Roma Others TOTAL
Year Births % Births % Births % Births % Births % Births % Births
2010 66 50.00 63 47.73 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 1.52 1 0.76 132
2011 49 44.95 59 54.13 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.92 0 0.00 109
2012 53 47.75 54 48.65 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 2.70 1 0.90 111
2013 43 39.09 66 60.00 0 0.00 1 0.91 0 0.00 0 0.00 110
2014 52 47.27 58 52.73 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 110
2015 51 50.00 49 48.04 0 0.00 2 1.96 0 0.00 0 0.00 102
2016 42 43.75 52 54.17 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 1.04 1 1.04 96
2017 42 44.68 49 52.13 0 0.00 2 2.13 0 0.00 1 1.06 94
2018 44 42.72 55 53.40 0 0.00 1 0.97 1 0.97 2 1.94 103
2019 47 46.08 54 52.94 0 0.00 1 0.98 0 0.00 0 0.00 102
2020 34 45.33 37 49.33 1 1.33 0 0.00 3 4.00 0 0.00 75
2021 37 36.27 63 61.76 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.98 1 0.98 102
2022 41 42.71 52 54.17 0 0.00 1 1.04 2 2.08 0 0.00 96
2023 20 28.57 48 68.57 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 2.86 0 0.00 70

References

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  1. ^ "Попис на населението, домаќинствата и становите во Република Северна Македонија, 2021 - прв сет на податоци" (PDF). stat.gov.mk. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

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