Rečane | |
Native Name: | Речане Reçan |
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: | Gostivar |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 683 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 41.75°N 70°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Website: | . |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | GV |
Rečane (mk|Речане, sq|Reçan) is a village in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia.
During World War II, in 1941, the village was incorporated into the Italian-controlled Albanian Kingdom. After Italy's withdrawal in September 1943, the village came under the control of Nazi Germany, which was sided with the Albanian nationalist and anti-communist Balli Kombëtar, to resist Albanian and Yugoslav communist forces. Macedonian partisans took over the village in 1944 and forced village men to fight for them.[1]
As of the 2021 census, Rečane had 683 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1054 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Rečane was inhabited by 1353 Muslim Albanians.[4]
The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 81 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).[5]
Local football club KF Përparimi have played in the Macedonian Third League.