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Berevce

Berevce (Serbian Cyrillic: Беревце, Albanian: Beroc) is a settlement in the Štrpce municipality in Kosovo. It is inhabited by ethnic Serbs, according to the 1991 census, it had 792 inhabitants.

Geography

It is situated in the northeastern part of the Šar Mountains, at the foot of a ridge of the Žar Mountain, on the left riverbank of the Lepenac. It is physiognomically like the southern part of Štrpce.

History

In Medieval Serbia, the župa (province) of Sirinić (first mentioned in a charter of the 13th century, the second time in 1331, in a charter of Emperor Stephen Dušan) existed, covering the whole of modern Štrpce municipality, having two cities, Gradište (in Brezovica) and Zidinac (in Gotovuša), near Berevce. Several remains of Byzantine forts exist in the region.

In 1894, the village had 62 houses, all ethnic Serb.

According to data from 1938, the village had the following kin families, with their number of houses, traditions (Krsna Slava, patron saint day), and history:

Demographic history
Ethnic group 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 1991
Serbs 864 (98,63%)
Others 12 (1,37%)
Total 682 706 751 846 876 792

Infrastructure

The rural settlement has a cadastre of 1458 hectares, with primarily livestock farming (ratarsko-stočarstvo) and Pomology.

References

  1. ^ 2011 Kosovo Census results
  2. ^ Republic of Serbia, Министарствo за Косово и Метохију, Општина Штрпце Archived 2010-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Dimitrije M. Kalezić, Enciklopedija pravoslavlja, Book 1, Savremena administracija, 2002, p. 166
  4. ^ Srboljub Đ Stamenković, Географска енциклопедија населjа Србије: С-Ш, Volume 4, Географски факултет, 2002, p. 323
  5. ^ Rastko
  6. ^ Branislav Đ Nušić, S Kosova na sinje more: beleške s puta kroz Arbanase 1894. godine, Čigoja štampa, 2005, p. 18
  7. ^ Podaci „Naselja“ (dr. A. Urošević: Šarplaninska Župa Sirinić)
  8. ^ Annuaire, Volume 1, Univerzitet vo Skopje. Prirodno-matematički oddel, Oddel, Jan 1, 1948, p. 170
  9. ^ "1981 Census, Kosovo". Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
  10. ^ "Kosovo censuses 1948-1991". Archived from the original on 2020-01-13. Retrieved 2012-02-11.