Janče, Mavrovo i Rostuše

Janče (Macedonian: Јанче) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.

Janče
Village
Јанче
View of the village
Janče Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°35′N 20°38′E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Polog
Municipality	Mavrovo and Rostuša
Population  (2002)
• Total	146
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	GV
Website	.

Demographics

Janče (Jançi) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka. The settlement only had a single household represented by a single household head who bore an Albanian personal name, albeit with a Slavicised patronym: Gjergj Ilijaviqi (Ilijavići).^[1]

Janče has traditionally been inhabited by Orthodox Macedonians and a Torbeš population.^[2]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 146 inhabitants.^[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[3]

• Macedonians 111
• Turks 33
• Albanians 2

References

1. Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 119.
2. Vidoeski, Božidar (1998). Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN 9789989649509. p. 214. "Заедно со македонско христијанско население Торбеши живеат и во селата: Могорче, Требиште, Велебрдо, Ростуше, Јанче, Долно Косоврасти (во Река),"
3. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 167.

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