| Viçë | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Kosovo |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 200px |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kosovo |
| Coordinates: | 42.2658°N 21.0806°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Location |
| Subdivision Type1: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ferizaj |
| Subdivision Name2: | Shtërpcë |
| Established Title: | First mention |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 0 |
| Population Total: | 209 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Elevation M: | 738 |
| Area Code: | +381 290 |
| Blank Name: | Car plates |
| Blank Info: | 05 |
Viçë or Viča is a settlement in the Shtërpcë municipality in Kosovo. It has 209 inhabitants, of whom 197 are Albanians and 12 are Serbs.
It is situated in the northeastern part of the Sharr Mountains, of which valley sides of the Viča river, a left tributary of the Lepenac.[2] It lies 2 km north of the Prizren-Štrpce-Doganović regional road.[2]
In Medieval Serbia, the župa (province) of Siriniq (first mentioned in a charter of the 13th century, the second time in 1331, in a charter of Emperor Stephen Dušan) existed, covering the whole of modern Štrpce municipality, having two cities, Gradište (in Brezovica) and Zidinac (in Gotovuša), near Viča. Several remains of Byzantine forts exist in the region.[3]
The village is part of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Raška and Prizren.
In 1894, the village had 40 houses, of which 35 were Serb, 4 Albanian, and one Islamized Serb.[4]
According to data from 1938, the village had the following kin families, with their number of houses, traditions (Krsna Slava, patron saint day), and history:[5] [6]
| Ethnic group | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981[7] | 1991 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serbs | 219 (50,23%) | ||||||
| Albanians | 217 (49,77%) | ||||||
| Total[8] | 371 | 402 | 408 | 393 | 436 | 452 |
The rural settlement has primarily livestock farming (ratarsko-stočarstvo).[2]