Velmevci Explained

Velmevci
Native Name:Велмевци
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:North Macedonia
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within North Macedonia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1: Pelagonia
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Demir Hisar
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:7
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:41.3461°N 21.0972°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Website:.
Blank Name:Car plates

Velmevci (Macedonian: Велмевци) is a village in the municipality of Demir Hisar, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Sopotnica.

Demographics

Velmevci is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467/68. Тhe village had 15 households and 2 bachelors. The majority of the inhabitants attested bore typical Christian Slavic anthroponyms, while nearly a fifth of them bore Albanian or mixed Slavic-Albanian anthroponyms.[1] In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Velmevci was inhabited by 800 Christian Bulgarians.[2]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 7 inhabitants, all of whom were ethnic Macedonians.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: . Димитров . Никола . ГЕОГРАФИЈА НА НАСЕЛБИ - Општина Демир Хисар - . 2017 . Национална и универзитетска библиотека "Св. Климент Охридски", Скопје . Битола . 19 . Велко, брат на Ковач; Димитри, син на Иве; Тодорче, син на Воислав; Белче, син на Стојко; Добре, син на Калуѓер; Воислав Степан; Брајан, син на Радослав; Гон, син на Жан; Ѓорго, син на Гон; Ѓорче, син на Тихо; Петко, брат на Воислав; Петко, брат на Калуѓер; Димитри Жан; Јованче Панчар; Пејо, син на Данче; Рале, син на Данче; Рапче, син на Петре..
  2. Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics . Sofia. p. 236.
  3. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 175.