Lešnica
Лешница Leshnicë | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 41°34′17″N 20°54′33″E / 41.57139°N 20.90917°E | |
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Population (2021) | |
• Total | 95 |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Car plates | KI |
Website | . |
Lešnica ( Macedonian: Лешница, Albanian: Leshnicë) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former Zajas Municipality.
The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 15 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred). [1]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Lešnica was inhabited by a 128 Muslim Albanians and 103 Serbian-speaking Orthodox Albanians. [2]
As of the 2021 census, Lešnica had 95 residents with the following ethnic composition: [3]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 219 inhabitants. [4] Ethnic groups in the village include: [4]