Skudrinje

Village in Polog, North Macedonia

Skudrinje Скудриње
Village
Panoramic view of the village
41°34′N 20°37′E / 41.567°N 20.617°E / 41.567; 20.617
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Polog
Municipality	Mavrovo and Rostuša
Population (2002)
• Total	2,119
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	1257
Car plates	GV
Website	https://seloskudrinje.bookmark.com/

Skudrinje (Macedonian: Скудриње) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.

Demographics

Skudrinje (Shkodrina) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a settlement in the ziamet of Reka. The village had a total of 11 households, the heads of which in majority bore typical Albanian personal names, albeit in minority alongside Slavic personal names: Petër Bernakshi; Doikë Bernakshi; Ajdin Filipi; Gjergj Bardhi; Gjergj Bardi, the other; Dikon Popoviqi (Popovići); Pop Gjorgji; Gjon Doksha; Petko Skura; Gjin Skura; Gjon Bernakshi.^[1]

In the second part of the 20th century, Skudrinje was inhabited by a Torbeš population.^[2]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 2119 inhabitants.^[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[3]

Turks 1629
Macedonians 468
Albanians 5
Others 17

References

^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 118.
^ Vidoeski, Božidar (1998). Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN 9789989649509. p. 214. "Само со Торбеши се населени денеска Жировница, Видуше, Болетин, Аџиефци, Присојница, Скудриње, Горно Косоврасти (во Река),..."
^ ^a ^b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 167.