Selci is a village in Municipality of Struga, North Macedonia.[1]

Selci
Селци
Village
Panoramic view of the village
Panoramic view of the village
Selci is located in North Macedonia
Selci
Selci
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°23′58″N 20°37′20″E / 41.39944°N 20.62222°E / 41.39944; 20.62222
Country North Macedonia
Region Southwestern
Municipality Struga
Elevation
1,244 m (4,081 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total6
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
Area code+38946

In the 19th century Selci was a Bulgarian village in Debar kaza of the Ottoman Empire.[2][3] According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia. Ethnography and Statistics") in 1900 there were 1,050 Bulgarian inhabitants, all Christians.[4] The entire Christian population of the village is under the rule of Bulgarian Exarchate. According to the Secretary of the Exarchate Dimitar Mishev ("La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne”) in 1905 there were 1,144 Bulgarian Exarchists in Selce and a Bulgarian school operated in the village.[5] According to statistics from the newspaper Debarski Glas in 1911 in Selci there were 150 Bulgarian Exarchate houses.[6]

According to the 2002 census, the village was without inhabitants.[7] As of the 2021 census, Selci had 6 residents with the following ethnic composition:[8]

  • Macedonians 5
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 1

References

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  1. ^ "Selci Struga, Macedonia - Selci Struga | Selci map". makedonija.name. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
  2. ^ Арсени Йовков, "Българи в Македония", публикувано във в-к "20 юли. Македоно - Одрински лист", год. I, бр. 1, София, 14 април 1924 година.
  3. ^ Лазар Димитров, "Кратки етнографски бележки за Дебърско с оглед към говора в тоя край" в "Известия на семинара по Славянска филология", София, 1905 година, стр. 266.
  4. ^ Кѫнчовъ, Василъ. Македония. Етнография и статистика. София, Българското книжовно дружество, 1900. ISBN 954430424X. p. 260.
  5. ^ Brancoff, D. M. La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne : Avec deux cartes etnographiques. Paris, Librarie Plon, Plon-Nourrit et Cie, Imprimeurs-Éditeurs, 1905. p. 184-185.
  6. ^ Дебърски глас, година 2, брой 38, 3 април 1911, стр. 2.
  7. ^ „Министерство за Локална Самоуправа. База на општински урбанистички планови“.
  8. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021