Lavci, Resen

Lavci
Лавци
Lahça
Village
Lavci is located in North Macedonia
Lavci
Lavci
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°02′43″N 20°57′16″E / 41.04528°N 20.95444°E / 41.04528; 20.95444
Country North Macedonia
Region Pelagonia
Municipality Resen
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
134
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+389
Car platesRE

Lavci (Macedonian: Лавци, Turkish: Lahça) is a village in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of North Macedonia, northwest of Lake Prespa. It has 134 residents as of the 2002 census.[1]

Demographics

The village of Lavci is inhabited by Muslim Turks and Orthodox Macedonians.[2] Lavci is one of two settlements in Resen Municipality with a Turkish majority population, the other being Kozjak.[3]

Ethnic
group 		census 1961 census 1971 census 1981 census 1991 census 1994 census 2002
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Macedonians 121 35.7 103 33.0 97 27.1 28 13.9 28 19.3 18 13.4
Turks 217 64.0 209 67.0 241 67.3 164 81.6 113 77.9 113 84.3
others 1 0.3 0 0.0 20 5.6 9 4.5 4 2.8 3 2.2
Total 339 312 358 201 145 134

References

  1. ^ Municipality of Resen
  2. ^ Sugarman, Jane (1997). Engendering song: Singing and subjectivity at Prespa Albanian weddings. University of Chicago Press. pp. 9–11. ISBN 9780226779720.
  3. ^ Censuses of population 1948 - 2002 Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine


41°02′N 20°57′E / 41.033°N 20.950°E / 41.033; 20.950


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