Lavce
Village in Polog, North Macedonia
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Lavce (Macedonian: Лавце, Albanian: Llacë) is a village in the municipality of Tetovo, North Macedonia.
Lavce
Лавце Llacë | |
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Village | |
Air view of the village | |
  Lavce Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 42°02′N 20°57′E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Polog |
| Municipality |  Tetovo |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 313 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | TE |
| Website | . |
Demographics
Lavce is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 9 Christian households and 1 bachelor.[1]
According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 313 inhabitants.[2] Ethnic groups in the village include:[2][3]
- Albanians 311
- Others 2
| Year | Macedonian | Albanian | Turks | Romani | Vlachs | Serbs | Bosniaks | Others | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 127 | ||||||||
| 1953 | 122 | 3 | 125 | ||||||
| 1961 | 56 | 56 | |||||||
| 1971 | 3 | 51 | 7 | 61 | |||||
| 1981 | 2 | 248 | 3 | 253 | |||||
| 1994 | 4 | 263 | 1 | 268 | |||||
| 2002 | 2 | 296 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 298 |
| 2021 | ... | 311 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 313 |
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Lavce (Lahce) was inhabited by 85 Christian Bulgarians.[4]
