Grešnica

Grešnica

Грешница
Greshnicë
Grešnica Грешница; Greshnicë
Village
	Grešnica Location within North Macedonia
	Coordinates: 41°34′29″N 20°55′53″E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Southwestern
Municipality	Kičevo
Population (2021)
• Total	789
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Car plates	KI

Grešnica (Macedonian: Грешница, Albanian: Greshnicë) is a village in Kičevo Municipality, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former Zajas Municipality, North Macedonia.

History

During the period of 1912-1913, members the Serbian army massacred a total of 11 Albanian men from the village. A further 13 Albanian civilians would be killed in 1941 by the Royal Yugoslav Army and Partisan forces. Ballist guerrilla activity continued in the village until February of 1946 under the leadership of Grešnica native Mefmet Ollomani.[1]

Demographics

The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 63 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).[2]

As of the 2021 census, Grešnica had 789 residents with the following ethnic composition:[3]

Albanians 764
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 24
Others 1

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1480 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]

Albanians 1475
Macedonians 2
Others 3

Sports

Local football club KF Xixa plays in the Macedonian Municipal Football Leagues league.

References

Hyseni, Safet (2007). Varrezat masive në Kërçovë dhe rrethinë. Kičevo: DEA. p. 26-31,122-125. ISBN 9789989143373.
Qerim Dalipi. "NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave historike 47:29-48.
Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 103.

External links

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[1] Hyseni, Safet (2007). Varrezat masive në Kërçovë dhe rrethinë. Kičevo: DEA. p. 26-31,122-125. ISBN 9789989143373.

[2] Qerim Dalipi. "NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave historike 47:29-48.

[3] Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021

[Statisticaloffice-4] Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 103.