Plasnica
Plasnica (Macedonian: , Turkish: Plasnitsa) is a village and seat of the municipality of Plasnica, North Macedonia.
Demographics
The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 32 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).
Plasnica has traditionally been inhabited by a Torbeš population.
As of the 2021 census, Plasnica had 2,115 residents with the following ethnic composition:
- Turks 2,055
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 57
- Others 3
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 2,288 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
- Turks 2250
- Macedonians 2
- Albanians 7
- Others 29
References
- ^ Qerim Dalipi. "NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave historike 47:29-48.
- ^ Trifunoski, Jovan F. (1968). Kičevska kotlina: Seoska naselja i stanovništvo. Izdanje autora. p. 115. "У његовој близини су торбешка села Преглово, Пласница и Лисичани."
- ^ Todorovski, Gligor (2001). Демографските процеси и промени во Македонија од почетокот на Првата балканска војна до осамостојувањето на Македонија: Со посебен осврт врз исламизираните Македонци. Инст. за национална историја. p. 356. ISBN 9789989624605. "Во Бродска околија исламизирани Македонци живееле во селата Дебреште, Лажани, Пласница и Преглово."
- ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
- ^ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 291.
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