| Berevce | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Kosovo |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kosovo |
| Coordinates: | 42.2456°N 21.0244°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Location |
| Subdivision Name: | Kosovo |
| Subdivision Type1: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ferizaj |
| Subdivision Name2: | Štrpce |
| Established Title: | First mention |
| Established Date: | 13th century |
| Area Total Km2: | 145.8 |
| Elevation M: | 974 |
| Population Total: | 287 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Area Code: | +381 290 |
| Blank Name: | Car plates |
| Blank Info: | 05 |
Berevce (Serbian: Беревце, Albanian: Beroc) is a settlement in the Štrpce municipality in Kosovo. It is inhabited by ethnic Serbs,[2] [3] according to the 1991 census, it had 792 inhabitants.
It is situated in the northeastern part of the Šar Mountains, at the foot of a ridge of the Žar Mountain, on the left riverbank[3] of the Lepenac.[4] It is physiognomically like the southern part of Štrpce.[4]
In Medieval Serbia, the župa (province) of Sirinić (first mentioned in a charter of the 13th century, the second time in 1331, in a charter of Emperor Stephen Dušan) existed, covering the whole of modern Štrpce municipality, having two cities, Gradište (in Brezovica) and Zidinac (in Gotovuša), near Berevce. Several remains of Byzantine forts exist in the region.[5]
In 1894, the village had 62 houses, all ethnic Serb.[6]
According to data from 1938, the village had the following kin families, with their number of houses, traditions (Krsna Slava, patron saint day), and history:[7] [8]
| Ethnic group | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981[9] | 1991 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serbs | 864 (98,63%) | ||||||
| Others | 12 (1,37%) | ||||||
| Total[10] | 682 | 706 | 751 | 846 | 876 | 792 |
The rural settlement has a cadastre of 1458 hectares, with primarily livestock farming (ratarsko-stočarstvo) and Pomology.[4]