Debreše

Debreše Дебреше Debresh
Village
Debreše Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°49′N 20°53′E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Polog
Municipality	Gostivar
Population  (2021)
• Total	2,859
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	GV

Debreše (Macedonian: Дебреше, Albanian: Debresh) is a village in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia.

History

According to the 1467–68 Ottoman defter, Debreše appears as being largely inhabited by a Muslim Albanian population. Some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes.

The names are: Mitran, son of Kodra; Rajk-o, his son; Milosh, his son; Dabzhiv, son of Hamza; Gjorgj, son of Goga; Stepan, his brother; Dabzhiv, his son; Dosa, son of Ilije; Lala, his brother; Dona, son of Bud-i; Dimitri, son of Dibrashin; Nen-o, son of Gego; Dimitri, son of Gego; Jovan, son of Gego; Nik-o, son of Miltush; Jovan, his brother; Bojk-o, son of Gjon; Lazor, son of Dobri; Lazor, son of Nikolla; Rajk-o, son of Nikolla; Argjir, son of Rele; Tanush, son of Oliver; Nik-o, son of Lal-ush. [1]

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Debreše had 2,859 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]

• Albanians 2,683
• Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 103
• Macedonians 59
• Others 14

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 4847 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

• Albanians 4739
• Macedonians 93
• Turks 2
• Bosniaks 1
• Romani 156
• Others 12

Sports

The local football club KF Flamurtari Debresh plays in the Macedonian Third Football League.

References

1. Rexha, Iljaz (2011). "Vendbanimet dhe popullsia albane gjatë mesjetës në hapësirën e Maqedonisë së sotme: Sipas burimeve sllave dhe osmane". Gjurmime Albanologjike: Seria e Shkencave Historike (41–42): 167–218.
2. Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
3. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 87.

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