Runica ( mk, Руница; ) is a village in the
Lipkovo municipality
Lipkovo ( mk, , sq, Likovë) 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.
Geograph ...
, in
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...
. In the Middle Ages, there was a village called Rućinci ( sr, Рућинци), which was one of the villages granted (''
metochion'') by
sevastokrator Dejan (
fl.
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they 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 indicatin ...
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 f ...
.
History
Descendants of the Krasniqi ''fis'' were recorded in the villages of
Gošince
Gošince ( mk, Гошинце, sq, Goshincë) is a 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. Demogr ...
,
Slupčane,
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 69
References
External links
Villages in Lipkovo Municipality
Albanian communities in North Macedonia
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