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Velmevci

Velmevci (Macedonian: Велмевци) is a village in the municipality of Demir Hisar, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Sopotnica.

Demographics

Velmevci is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467/68. Тhe village had 15 households and 2 bachelors. The majority of the inhabitants attested bore typical Christian Slavic anthroponyms, while nearly a fifth of them bore Albanian or mixed Slavic-Albanian anthroponyms.

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Velmevci was inhabited by 800 Christian Bulgarians.

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 7 inhabitants, all of whom were ethnic Macedonians.

References

  1. ^ . Димитров, Никола (2017). ГЕОГРАФИЈА НА НАСЕЛБИ - Општина Демир Хисар -. Битола: Национална и универзитетска библиотека "Св. Климент Охридски", Скопје. p. 19. Велко, брат на Ковач; Димитри, син на Иве; Тодорче, син на Воислав; Белче, син на Стојко; Добре, син на Калуѓер; Воислав Степан; Брајан, син на Радослав; Гон, син на Жан; Ѓорго, син на Гон; Ѓорче, син на Тихо; Петко, брат на Воислав; Петко, брат на Калуѓер; Димитри Жан; Јованче Панчар; Пејо, син на Данче; Рале, син на Данче; Рапче, син на Петре.
  2. ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine. Sofia. p. 236.
  3. ^ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion Archived 2017-01-12 at the Wayback Machine, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 175.