Selci, Struga Explained

Selci
Native Name:Селци
Native Name Lang:mk
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:North Macedonia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within North Macedonia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1: Southwestern
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:1244
Population Total:6
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Area Code:+38946

Selci is a village in Municipality of Struga, North Macedonia.[1]

In the 19th century Selci was a Bulgarian village in Debar kaza of the Ottoman Empire.[2] [3] According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia. Ethnography and Statistics") in 1900 there were 1,050 Bulgarian inhabitants, all Christians.[4] The entire Christian population of the village is under the rule of Bulgarian Exarchate. According to the Secretary of the Exarchate Dimitar Mishev ("La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne”) in 1905 there were 1,144 Bulgarian Exarchists in Selce and a Bulgarian school operated in the village.[5] According to statistics from the newspaper Debarski Glas in 1911 in Selci there were 150 Bulgarian Exarchate houses.[6]

According to the 2002 census, the village was without inhabitants.[7] As of the 2021 census, Selci had 6 residents with the following ethnic composition:[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Selci Struga, Macedonia - Selci Struga | Selci map. makedonija.name. 2016-03-21.
  2. Арсени Йовков, "Българи в Македония", публикувано във в-к "20 юли. Македоно - Одрински лист", год. I, бр. 1, София, 14 април 1924 година.
  3. Лазар Димитров, "Кратки етнографски бележки за Дебърско с оглед към говора в тоя край" в "Известия на семинара по Славянска филология", София, 1905 година, стр. 266.
  4. Кѫнчовъ, Василъ. Македония. Етнография и статистика. София, Българското книжовно дружество, 1900. ISBN 954430424X. p. 260.
  5. Brancoff, D. M. La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne : Avec deux cartes etnographiques. Paris, Librarie Plon, Plon-Nourrit et Cie, Imprimeurs-Éditeurs, 1905. p. 184-185.
  6. Дебърски глас, година 2, брой 38, 3 април 1911, стр. 2.
  7. „Министерство за Локална Самоуправа. База на општински урбанистички планови“.
  8. https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__NaselenieVkupno__PodatociNaselenie/T1503P21.px/table/tableViewLayout2/?rxid=cc8e0490-07b6-4002-adf4-9b4891b66655 Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021