Gorjane | |
Native Name: | Горјане Gorjan |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | North Macedonia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within North Macedonia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Polog |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Vrapčište |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 25 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 41.9°N 73°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Website: | . |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | GV |
Gorjane (Macedonian: Горјане, Albanian: Gorjan) is a village in the municipality of Vrapčište, North Macedonia. It used to be part of Negotino-Pološko Municipality.
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Gorjane appears as being inhabited by an Albanian population. Due to Slavicisation, 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: Marko Arbanas; Lazor (herder), Grgur; Nikolla, his son; Petro, son of Boja.[1]
As of the 2021 census, Gorjane had 25 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 70 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Gorjane was inhabited by 280 Muslim Albanians.[4]
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Galate was inhabited by 190 Мuslim Albanians and 55 Orthodox Bulgarians.[5]