Dejlovce ( mk, Дејловце) is a settlement in northeastern
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 ...
, in the
municipality of Staro Nagoričane
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
. According to the 2002 census, it had 44 inhabitants.
Geography
To the nearest city, the settlement is 25 kilometres east of
Kumanovo
Kumanovo ( mk, Куманово ; also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in North Macedonia and the seat of Kumanovo Municipality, the List of municipalities in the Republic of Macedonia by population, largest municipali ...
. Dejlovce is situated in the historical region of
Sredorek, on the western slopes of the German mountains, on ca. 650 m above sea.
History
In Serbian Emperor
Stefan Dušan
Stefan Uroš IV Dušan ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Урош IV Душан, ), known as Dušan the Mighty ( sr, / ; circa 1308 – 20 December 1355), was the King of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and Tsar (or Emperor) and autocrat of the Serbs, Gr ...
's (r. 1331–55) confirmed on 10 August 1354, several villages, settlements and arable land which was granted (''
metochion
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'') by
despot Dejan to his endowment, the
Arhiljevica Church of the Holy Mother of God. ''Dejkovo'' or ''Deikovo'' was one of the mentioned ''selište'' (arable land).
In the 1379 charter of Dejan's son
Konstantin
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, it was known as the village of ''Deikovci''.
[ The Kumanovo region (old Žegligovo) received its geographical location and certain settlement picture in the 14th century, during the rule of the Nemanjić and Dejanović.
]
Demographics
According to the 2002 census, it had 44 inhabitants, all of whom declared as ethnic Macedonians
Macedonians ( mk, Македонци, Makedonci) are a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group native to the region of Macedonia in Southeast Europe. They speak Macedonian, a South Slavic language. The large majority of Macedonians identif ...
.
References
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Villages in Staro Nagoričane Municipality
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