Vejce

Village in Polog, North Macedonia

Vejce

Вејце
Vicë

Village

Vejce

Vejce

Location within North Macedonia

Coordinates: 42°04′N 20°51′E﻿ / ﻿42.067°N 20.850°E﻿ / 42.067; 20.850
Country|  North Macedonia
Region|  Polog
Municipality|  Tetovo
Population

(2021)

• Total| 848
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates| TE
Website| .

Vejce (Macedonian: Вејце, Albanian: Vicë) is a village in the municipality of Tetovo, North Macedonia. It is a small village located in the Šar Mountains, some 9.01 kilometres away from the closest city Tetovo and 1250 metres above sea level.

## History[edit]

During the insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia, on the way between Selce and Vejce, rebels of the paramilitary Albanian UÇK ambushed the Macedonian armed forces.

## Demographics[edit]

According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 848 inhabitants.[1] Ethnic groups in the village include:[1]

* Albanians 804
* Macedonians 2
* Others 42

Year  | Macedonian  | Albanian  | Turks  | Romani  | Vlachs  | Serbs  | Bosniaks  | Others | Total

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2002  | 1  | 1.114  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...  | 12  | 1.127
2021  | 2  | 804  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...  | 42  | 848

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Vejce was inhabited by 518 Muslim Albanians.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021
2. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm

## External links[edit]

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Villages in Tetovo Municipality

Seat:|

* Tetovo

Village(s):|

* Bozovce
* Brodec
* Džepčište
* Fališe
* Gajre
* Ǵermo
* Golema Rečica
* Jedoarce
* Lavce
* Lisec
* Mala Rečica
* Otunje
* Poroj
* Saraḱino
* Selce
* Setole
* Šipkovica
* Vejce
* Vešala

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