Bardovci (; ) is a village in the
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
of
Karpoš,
North Macedonia
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Name
The name of the village is derived from a proto-Albanian substrate from the form ''Bard''-''Bardh'' (white) alongside the Slavic suffix - ''"ovci"''.
[ "Smatramo das u od osnove bard- (bardh) nastali i toponimi Bardovce (kod Skoplja)"][ "Përveç vendbanimeve të lartpërmendura me etnonimin arban-alban, në defterët e shek. XV janë regjistruar edhe disa toponime tjera parasllave: vendbanimi mesjetar Bardofci, 1i Shkupit i sajuar mbi substratin arban, nga Bard-Bardh-ofci i protoshqipes."; p. 213. " 1 BOA, Rumeli tahrir defteri nr.12, Turski dokumenti- opsiren popisen defter od XV vek, tom III, Shkup 1976, f.176. TD. No-4, f.437."]
Demographics
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Bardovci appears as being inhabited by a Muslim population. The household heads' names are: Ali servant of Halil, Musa son of Abdullah, Ajdin servant of Haxhi Bula, Shahin son of Abdullah.
As of the
2021 census, Bardovci had 2,291 residents with the following ethnic composition:
Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
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*Macedonians 2,075
*Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 109
*Serbs 42
*Others 65
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,472 inhabitants.[ Ethnic groups in the village include:][Macedonian Census (2002)]
''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''
The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 63.
* Macedonians 1,432
*Serbs
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33
*Romani
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* Romani people, or Roma, an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin
** Romani language, an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani communities
** Romanichal, Romani subgroup in the United Kingdom
* Romanians (Romanian ...
2
*Others 7
Sports
Local football club FK Lepenec has played in the Macedonian Third League twice.
References
External links
Villages in Karpoš Municipality
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