Runica (; ) is a village in the

Lipkovo municipality Lipkovo (, ) is a municipality in the north part of North Macedonia. '' Lipkovo'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Lipkovo Municipality is part of the Northeastern Statistical Region. Geography The municipality ...

, in

North Macedonia North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...

. In the Middle Ages, there was a village called Rućinci (), which was one of the villages granted (''

metochion A ''metochion'' or ''metochi'' ( or ; ) is an ecclesiastical embassy church within Eastern Orthodox tradition. It is usually from one autocephalous or autonomous church to another. The term is also used to refer to a parish representation (or ...

'') by sevastokrator Dejan (

fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...

1346-1366) to the

Arhiljevica Arhiljevica ( sr-cyr, Архиљевица) is the name of a lost medieval village and monastery (dedicated to the "Holy Mother of God") which existed during the Serbian Empire and its aftermath. It was in the possession of the Dejanović noble fa ...

History

Descendants of the Krasniqi ''fis'' were recorded in the villages of

Gošince Gošince (, ) is a village in the Municipalities of North Macedonia, municipality of Lipkovo Municipality, Lipkovo, North Macedonia. History Descendants of the Krasniqi ''fis'' were recorded in the villages of Gošince, Slupčane, Alaševce and Ru ...

Slupčane Slupčane (, ) is the largest village in the municipality of Lipkovo, North Macedonia. History Descendants of the Krasniqi ''fis'' were recorded in the villages of Gošince, Slupčane, Alaševce and Runica in 1965. From May-June 2001 the Batt ...

, Alaševce and Runica in 1965.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 69 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. 132. *

Albanians The Albanians are an ethnic group native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, Albanian culture, culture, Albanian history, history and Albanian language, language. They are the main ethnic group of Albania and Kosovo, ...

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