Sevce, Štrpce

Sevce
Севце
Settlement
Sevce

Location in Kosovo

Coordinates: 42°12′35″N 20°57′24″E / 42.20972°N 20.95667°E / 42.20972; 20.95667Coordinates: 42°12′35″N 20°57′24″E / 42.20972°N 20.95667°E / 42.20972; 20.95667
Country Kosovo
District District of Ferizaj
Municipality Štrpce
First mention 1331
Area
  Total 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Population (1991)
  Total 1,283
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) +383 290
Car plates 05

Sevce (Serbian Cyrillic: Севце) is a settlement in the Štrpce municipality in Kosovo. It is inhabited by ethnic Serbs,[1] according to the 1991 census, it had 1,283 inhabitants.

Geography

It is situated in the northeastern part of the Šar Mountains, in the drainage basin of the Lepenac river.[2]

History

In Medieval Serbia, the župa (province) of Sirinić (first mentioned in a charter of the 13th century, the second time in 1331, in a charter of Emperor Stephen Dušan) existed, covering the whole of modern Štrpce municipality, having two cities, Gradište (in Brezovica) and Zidinac (in Gotovuša), near Sevce. Several remains of Byzantine forts exist in the region.[3] In the charter of Emperor Dušan, Sevce is mentioned as Selce (Селце), a village which was granted (metochion) to the Monastery of St. Peter Koriški, submitted by the Emperor's nobleman Tošoje, as part of his heritage.[4][5] The village is part of the ecclessiastical jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Raška and Prizren.

In 1894, the village had 140 houses, all ethnic Serb.[6]

According to data from 1938, the village had the following kin families, with their number of houses, traditions (Krsna Slava, patron saint day), and history:[7][8]

Demographic history
Ethnic group 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981[9] 1991
Serbs 1227 (99,92%)
Others 1 (0,08%)
Total[10] 1049 1127 1120 1223 1228 1283

Infrastructure

The rural settlement has primarily livestock farming (ratarsko-stočarstvo).[2]

See also

References

  1. Republic of Serbia, Министарствo за Косово и Метохију, Општина Штрпце
  2. 1 2 Srboljub Đ Stamenković, Географска енциклопедиjа населjа Србиjе: С-Ш, Volume 4, Географски факултет, 2002, p. 326
  3. Rastko
  4. Istorijski glasnik: organ Društva istoričara SR Srbije, Društvo istoričara SR Srbije, Društvo, 1989, p. 51
  5. Annuaire 1948, p. 118
  6. Branislav Đ Nušić, S Kosova na sinje more: beleške s puta kroz Arbanase 1894. godine, Čigoja štampa, 2005, p. 19
  7. Podaci „Naselja“ (dr. A. Urošević: Šarplaninska Župa Sirinić)
  8. Annuaire 1948, p. 174
  9. 1981 Census, Kosovo
  10. Kosovo censuses 1948-1991
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