Brodec ( mk, Бродец, sq, Va, definite form: ''Vau'') is a
village
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in the
municipality
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of
Gostivar
Gostivar ( mk, Гостивар , Albanian and Turkish: ''Gostivar''), is a city in North Macedonia, located in the upper Polog valley region. It is one of the largest municipalities in the country with a population of 81,042, and the town also ...
,
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...
.
Demographics
In statistics gathered by
Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Brodec was inhabited by 360 Orthodox Albanians and 150 Muslim Albanians. In 1905 in statistics gathered by Dimitar Mishev Brancoff, Brodec was inhabited by 450 Albanians and had a Bulgarian school.
[D.M.Brancoff (1905). ''La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne''. Paris. pp. 184-185.] The Yugoslav census of 1953 recorded 171 people of whom 145 were Macedonians, 24 were Albanians and 2 others.
The 1961 Yugoslav census recorded 182 people of whom were 133 Macedonians, 44 Albanians, 3 Turks and 2 others.
The 1971 census recorded 119 people of whom were 88 Macedonians and 31 Albanians.
The 1981 Yugoslav census recorded 70 people of whom were 56 Macedonians and 14 Albanians.
The Macedonian census of 1994 recorded 8 Macedonians.
[.] According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 7 inhabitants.
[ Ethnic groups in the village include:][Macedonian Census (2002)]
''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''
The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 136.
* Macedonians 7
References
External links
Villages in Gostivar Municipality
Albanian communities in North Macedonia
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