Gorenci, Debarca

Coordinates: 41°11′25″N 20°45′27″E / 41.19028°N 20.75750°E / 41.19028; 20.75750
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Gorenci
Горенци
Gorencë
Village
Gorenci is located in North Macedonia
Gorenci
Gorenci
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°11′25″N 20°45′27″E / 41.19028°N 20.75750°E / 41.19028; 20.75750
Country North Macedonia
Region Southwestern
Municipality Debarca
Population
 (2021)
 • Total223
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesOH

Gorenci (Macedonian: Горенци, Albanian: Gorencë) is a village in the municipality of Debarca, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Mešeišta. It is located close to Ohrid Airport.

Demographics[edit]

During the Ottoman period, Gorenci was a chiflik settlement and inhabited by an Orthodox Macedonian population.[1] During the course of the 20th century, Albanians have settled in the village.[1]

As of the 2021 census, Gorenci had 223 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]

  • Macedonians 87
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 75
  • Albanians 57
  • Others 4

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 316 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Włodzimierz, Pianka (1970). Toponomastikata na Ohridsko-Prespanskiot bazen. Institut za makedonski jazik "Krste Misirkov". p. 82. "Горенци. Ова некогашен чивлик (Хан, 385) бил чисто мак. село (К'нчов: 130 жители - прав. М.). Во овој век, доселиле тука Албанци."
  2. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  3. ^ 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. 139.

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