Nerašte
Village in Polog, North Macedonia
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Nerasht (Macedonian: Нераште, Albanian: Nerasht) is a village in the municipality of Tearce, North Macedonia.
Nerasht
Нераште Nerasht | |
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Village | |
  Nerasht Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 42°06′N 21°06′E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Polog |
| Municipality |  Tearce |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 2,724 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 1203 |
| Car plates | TE |
| Website | . |
History
Nerašte is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 29 Christian households, 1 bachelors and 2 widows.[1]
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Nerašte exhibits Orthodox Christian Slavic anthroponyms.[2]
Demographics
As of the 2021 census, Nerašte had 2,724 residents with the following ethnic composition:[3]
- Albanians 2,670
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 51
- Macedonians 2
- Others 1
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 3,485 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]
- Albanians 3478
- Others 7
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Nerašte was inhabited by 465 Muslim Albanians.[5]