| Lavci | |
| Native Name: | Лавци Lahça |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | North Macedonia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within North Macedonia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pelagonia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Resen |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Total: | 134 |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 41.0453°N 20.9544°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Code: | +389 |
| Blank Name: | Car plates |
| Blank Info: | RE |
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]
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 | ||||||