Lažec (Macedonian: Лажец; Albanian: Luzeç) is a village in the municipality of Bitola, North Macedonia.
Lažec
Лажец Luzeç | |
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Village | |
 Air view of the village | |
  Lažec Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 40°55′N 21°23′E / 40.917°N 21.383°E | |
| Country | North Macedonia |
| Municipality | Bitola Municipality |
| Statistical region | Pelagonia Statistical Region |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 302 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | BT |
| Website | . |
Demographics
editAccording to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Lažec had families who displayed mixed Albanian and Slavic anthroponymy, with instances of individuals bearing both Slavic and Albanian names (e.g., Gjon Cvetko). The names are: Nikolla Muzak, Pejo Muzak, Lek-o, Arbanas (t.Arnaut), Todor Leko, Stojk-o Progon, Nikolla Gjin-i, Gjin Loja-o, Bard-i, Arbanas (t. Arnaut), Gjin Bard-i, Jovan Bard-i, Dimitri Bard-i Nikolla Arbanas (t. Arnaut), Dimitri Gjinguri, Pejo Gjinguri, Nikolla Gjinguri, Pron-ko, Progon-i, Miho Gjergj- i, Gjon Cvetko, Pejo Zoj-in, Gjurgjo-Zoin, Dimitri Kalojani, Petr Kaslojani, Dimitri Petro, Dimitri- Dojçe-in, Lazor (no patronym), Gjergj Miho.[1]
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Lažec was inhabited by 340 Christian Bulgarians and 400 Muslim Albanians.[2]
According to the statistics of Geographers Dimitri Mitsev and D. M. Brancoff, the town had a total Christian population of 360 in 1905, of which all were Patriarchist Bulgarians.[3]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 302 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]
- Macedonians 161
- Albanians 135
- Serbs 4
- Others 2
References
edit- ^ Rexha, Iljaz (2012). "POPULLSIA ALBANE GJATË MESJETËS NË HAPSIRËN E MAQEDONISË SË SOTME" (43): 25.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 236.
- ^ Dimitri Mitsev and D. M. Brancoff, La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne, p. 166
- ^ 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. 70.
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