Šemševo
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Šemševo
Шемшево Shemshovë | |
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Village | |
 Street in the village | |
  Šemševo Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 42°01′N 21°05′E / 42.017°N 21.083°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Polog |
| Municipality |  Jegunovce |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 1,532 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | TE |
| Website | . |
Šemševo (Macedonian: Шемшево, Albanian: Shemshovë) is a village in the municipality of Jegunovce, North Macedonia.
Šemševo is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 45 Christian households, 3 bachelors and 7 widows.[1]
As of the 2021 census, Šemševo had 1,532 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]
- Albanians 1,393
- Macedonians 116
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 22
- Others 1
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,737 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]
- Albanians 1,616
- Macedonians 35
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Šemševo was inhabited by 154 Muslim Albanians and 60 Оrthodox Bulgarians.[4]
