Sevce, Štrpce

Sevce
Village
Interactive map of Sevce
Coordinates: 42°12′35″N 20°57′24″E / 42.20972°N 20.95667°E / 42.20972; 20.95667
LocationKosovo
DistrictFerizaj
MunicipalityŠtrpce
First mention1331
Area
 • Total
0 sq mi (0 km2)
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • Total
1,192
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+383 290
Car plates05

Sevce (Serbian Cyrillic: Севце) is a settlement in the Štrpce municipality in Kosovo. It is inhabited by ethnic Serbs, according to the 2024 census, it had 1,192 inhabitants.[1]

Geography

It is situated in the northeastern part of the Šar Mountains, in the drainage basin of the Lepenac river.[2]

History

In Medieval Serbia, the župa (province) of Sirinić (first mentioned in a charter of the 13th century, the second time in 1331, in a charter of Emperor Stephen Dušan) existed, covering the whole of modern Štrpce municipality, having two cities, Gradište (in Brezovica) and Zidinac (in Gotovuša), near Sevce. Several remains of Byzantine forts exist in the region.[3] In the charter of Emperor Dušan, Sevce is mentioned as Selce (Селце), a village which was granted (metochion) to the Monastery of St. Peter Koriški, submitted by the Emperor's nobleman Tošoje, as part of his heritage.[4][5] The village is part of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Raška and Prizren.

In 1894, the village had 140 houses, all ethnic Serb.[6]

According to data from 1938, the village had the following kin families, with their number of houses, traditions (Krsna Slava, patron saint day), and history:[7][8]

  • Šubarić (12 houses, Slava of St. Archangel).
  • Bogajčević (8 houses, St. Archangel).
  • Cumpalević (11 houses, St. Archangel).
  • Markagić (12 houses, St. Archangel).
  • Pišmanović (10 houses, St. Archangel).
  • Đekić (8 houses, St. Archangel).
  • Basarić (19 houses, St. Nicholas).
  • Kalpaković (7 houses, St. Nicholas).
  • Prljinčević (12 houses, St. Nicholas).
  • Bijačević (5 houses, St. Nicholas).
  • Jocković (8 houses, St. Nicholas).
  • Uzunović (17 houses, St. George).
  • Daćevac (16 houses, St. George).
  • Sinikovac (16 houses, St. George).
  • Ašujin (4 houses, St. Nicholas), very old migrants from Boka Kotorska.
  • Đelić (5 houses, St. George), settled from Želina, in Polog, in the mid 18th-century

Demographics

Demographic history
Ethnic group 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981[9] 1991 2011 2024[1]
Serbs 1227 (99.92%) 174

(98.86%)

1190 (99.98%)
Others 1 (0.08%) 2

(1.14%)

2

(0.02%)

Total[10] 1049 1127 1120 1223 1228 1283 176 1192

Serbs boycott 2011 census.

Infrastructure

The rural settlement has primarily livestock farming (ratarsko-stočarstvo).[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Popullsia sipas gjinisë, etnicitetit dhe vendbanimit" [Population by gender, ethnicity, and place of residence] (PDF) (in Albanian). Prishtinë: Kosovo Agency of Statistics. July 2025.
  2. 1 2 Srboljub Đ Stamenković, Географска енциклопедија населjа Србије: С-Ш, Volume 4, Географски факултет, 2002, p. 326
  3. ↑ Janković, Đorđe. "The Slavs in the 6th century North Illyricum". rastko.rs.
  4. ↑ Istorijski glasnik: organ Društva istoričara SR Srbije, Društvo istoričara SR Srbije, Društvo, 1989, p. 51
  5. ↑ Annuaire 1948, p. 118
  6. ↑ Branislav Đ Nušić, S Kosova na sinje more: beleške s puta kroz Arbanase 1894. godine, Čigoja štampa, 2005, p. 19
  7. ↑ Podaci „Naselja“ (dr. A. Urošević: Šarplaninska Župa Sirinić)
  8. ↑ Annuaire 1948, p. 174
  9. ↑ "1981 Census, Kosovo". Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  10. ↑ "Kosovo Census Results". pop-stat/mashke.org.

Sources

  • Annuaire, Volume 1, Univerzitet vo Skopje. Prirodno-matematički oddel, Oddel, 1 January 1948