Gajre

Village in Polog, North Macedonia
42°01′N 20°57′E / 42.017°N 20.950°E / 42.017; 20.950Country North MacedoniaRegion PologMunicipality TetovoPopulation
 (2021)
 • Total633Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Car platesTEWebsite.

Gajre (Macedonian: Гајре, Albanian: Gajre) is a village in the municipality of Tetovo, North Macedonia.

History

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Gajre (then known as Garje or Gara) appears as being largely inhabited by an Orthodox Christian Albanian population. Due to Slavicisation, some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes.

The names are: Shtefo Arbanas; Kola, his brother; Tashko, son of Shtefo; Dimetri, son of Kole; Nikolla, star; Gjon, his son; Jovan, his brother; Gjon, brother of Berishliq; Daba, his son; Gjon, son of Nikolla; Jovan, son of Nikolla; Vasil, son of Nikolla; Stepan, son of Nikolla; Todor, son of Nikolla; Niko, son of Kola; Cvetko, son of Kola; Kojlo Domazat; Dimitri, his son.[1]

Five soldiers were killed near the village on June 5, 2001, by National Liberation Army insurgents, which was one of the heaviest death tolls for the government forces in a single incident during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 633 inhabitants.[2] Ethnic groups in the village include:[2]

Year Macedonian Albanian Turks Romani Vlachs Serbs Bosniaks Others Total
2002 6 1.009 ... ... ... 1 ... 4 1.020
2021 ... 607 ... ... ... ... ... 26 633

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Gajre was inhabited by 717 Muslim Albanians.[3]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Gajre was inhabited by 220 Muslim Albanians.[4]

References

  1. ^ Rexha, Iljaz (2012). "POPULLSIA ALBANE GJATË MESJETËS NË HAPSIRËN E MAQEDONISË SË SOTME" (43): 16. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ a b Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021
  3. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
  4. ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.

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