Sevce, Štrpce

Sevce (Serbian Cyrillic: Севце) is a settlement in the Štrpce municipality in Kosovo. It is inhabited by ethnic Serbs,[2] according to the 1991 census, it had 1,283 inhabitants.

Sevcë

Village
Sevcë
Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°12′35″N 20°57′24″E
Location Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]
DistrictFerizaj
MunicipalityShtërpcë
First mention1331
Area
 • Total0 sq mi (0 km2)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total176
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)+383 290
Car plates05

Geography

It is situated in the northeastern part of the Šar Mountains, in the drainage basin of the Lepenac river.[3]

History

In Medieval Serbia, the župa (province) of Sirinić (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 Sevce. Several remains of Byzantine forts exist in the region.[4] In the charter of Emperor Dušan, Sevce is mentioned as Selce (Селце), a village which was granted (metochion) to the Monastery of St. Peter Koriški, submitted by the Emperor's nobleman Tošoje, as part of his heritage.[5][6] The village is part of the ecclessiastical jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Raška and Prizren.

In 1894, the village had 140 houses, all ethnic Serb.[7]

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:[8][9]

  • Šubarić (12 houses, Slava of St. Archangel), indigenous.
  • Bogajčević (8 houses, St. Archangel), indigenous.
  • Cumpalević (11 houses, St. Archangel), indigenous.
  • Markagić (12 houses, St. Archangel), indigenous.
  • Pišmanović (10 houses, St. Archangel), indigenous.
  • Đekić (8 houses, St. Archangel), indigenous.
  • Basarić (19 houses, St. Nicholas), indigenous.
  • Kalpaković (7 houses, St. Nicholas), indigenous.
  • Prljinčević (12 houses, St. Nicholas), indigenous.
  • Bijačević (5 houses, St. Nicholas), indigenous.
  • Jocković (8 houses, St. Nicholas), indigenous.
  • Uzunović (17 houses, St. George), indigenous.
  • Daćevac (16 houses, St. George), indigenous.
  • Sinikovac (16 houses, St. George), indigenous.
  • Ašujin (4 houses, St. Nicholas), very old migrants from Boka Kotorska.
  • Đelić (5 houses, St. George), settled from Želina, in Polog, in the mid 18th-century.
Demographic history
Ethnic group 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981[10] 1991
Serbs 1227 (99.92%)
Others 1 (0.08%)
Total[11] 1049 1127 1120 1223 1228 1283

Infrastructure

The rural settlement has primarily livestock farming (ratarsko-stočarstvo).[3]

See also

Notes
  1. Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

References
  1. 2011 Kosovo Census results
  2. Republic of Serbia, Министарствo за Косово и Метохију, Општина Штрпце
  3. Srboljub Đ Stamenković, Географска енциклопедија населjа Србије: С-Ш, Volume 4, Географски факултет, 2002, p. 326
  4. Rastko
  5. Istorijski glasnik: organ Društva istoričara SR Srbije, Društvo istoričara SR Srbije, Društvo, 1989, p. 51
  6. Annuaire 1948, p. 118
  7. Branislav Đ Nušić, S Kosova na sinje more: beleške s puta kroz Arbanase 1894. godine, Čigoja štampa, 2005, p. 19
  8. Podaci „Naselja“ (dr. A. Urošević: Šarplaninska Župa Sirinić)
  9. Annuaire 1948, p. 174
  10. 1981 Census, Kosovo
  11. Kosovo censuses 1948–1991
  • Annuaire, Volume 1, Univerzitet vo Skopje. Prirodno-matematički oddel, Oddel, 1 January 1948
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