Vraneštica ( mk, ) is a former municipality in western
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 ...
, created in the 1996 territorial organisation and dissolved following the 2013 Macedonian new territorial organisation, after it was merged with
Kičevo Municipality. ''
Vraneštica
Vraneštica ( mk, ) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It was the seat of the now-defunct Vraneštica Municipality.
Demographics
The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of K ...
'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat was found. This municipality was part of the
Southwestern Statistical Region. The last mayor of the municipality was Vančo Srbakovski.
Demographics
According to the last national census from 2002, this municipality has 1,322 inhabitants.
2002 census results
in English and Macedonian (PDF) Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
*Macedonians = 1033 (78.1%)
*Turks* = 276 (20.9%)
*Albanians = 10
*Serbs = 2
*Other = 1
In the municipality Muslim Macedonians have identified themselves as Turks, for various political reasons.
References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vranestica Municipality
Former municipalities of North Macedonia
Kičevo Municipality