Lešok ( mk, Лешок) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in the

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Tearce Tearce ( mk, Теарце , sq, Tearcë) is a village located 12 km to the northeast of Tetovo, in northwestern North Macedonia, about 15 kilometres from the border with Kosovo. It is a seat of the Tearce municipality. Population 3,974 (200 ...

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 ...

History

According to a 1467-68 Ottoman defter, the inhabitants of Lešok exhibited mostly Albanian and mixed Slavic-Albanian anthroponymy the latter usually consisting of a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name (''Radič'', son of ''Gjin Arbanasi'', ''Radivoj'', son of ''Doda''), while a minority carried traditional Slavic anthroponymy. The settlement had two Orthodox Albanian priests who served in the Slavic-speaking church. This village is well known for its monastery, where operated the Macedonian Bulgarian intellectual Kiril Pejcinović. In statistics gathered by

Vasil Kanchov Vasil Kanchov ( bg, Васил Кънчов, Vasil Kanchov) (26 July 1862 – 6 February 1902) was a Bulgarian geographer, ethnographer and politician. Biography Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school in Lom, ...

in 1900, the village was inhabited by 540

Bulgarian Exarchists Bulgarian Millet ( tr, Bulgar Milleti) was an ethno-religious and linguistic community within the Ottoman Empire from the mid-19th to early 20th century. The semi-official term ''Bulgarian millet'', was used by the Sultan for the first time in ...

.Vasil Kanchov (1900).
Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics
'. Sofia. p. 210.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 440 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. 185. * Macedonians 435 *

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

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References

Villages in Tearce Municipality {{Tearce-geo-stub