Stenče () is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the

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of Brvenica,

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History

Stenče is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 52 Christian households, 2 bachelors and 1 widow. According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Stenče exhibits mostly Orthodox Christian Slavic and minority Albanian anthroponomy.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 150 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. 75. * Macedonians 149 *

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1 According to the 1942

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census, Stenče was inhabited by 842

Bulgarians Bulgarians (, ) are a nation and South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and its neighbouring region, who share a common Bulgarian ancestry, culture, history and language. They form the majority of the population in Bulgaria, ...

and 2 Muslim Albanians. In statistics gathered by

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in 1900, the village of Stenče was inhabited by 680 Orthodox Bulgarians.Vasil Kanchov (1900).
Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics
'. Sofia. p. 264.

References

Villages in Brvenica Municipality {{Brvenica-geo-stub