Runica

Village in Southeastern, North Macedonia

Runica Руница Runicë
Village
42°12′51″N 21°36′39″E / 42.2142°N 21.6107°E / 42.2142; 21.6107
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Southeastern
Municipality	Lipkovo
Population (2002)
• Total	69
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	KU
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Runica (Macedonian: Руница; Albanian: Runicë) is a village in the Lipkovo municipality, in North Macedonia. In the Middle Ages, there was a village called Rućinci (Serbian: Рућинци), which was one of the villages granted (metochion) by sevastokrator Dejan (fl. 1346-1366) to the Arhiljevica.

History

Descendants of the Krasniqi fis were recorded in the villages of Gošince, Slupčane, Alaševce and Runica in 1965.^[1]

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 69 inhabitants.^[2] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[2]

Albanians 69

References

^ Naučno društvo Bosne i Hercegovine: Odjeljenje istorisko-filoloških nauka. Vol. 26. 1965. p. 199. Arbanasa fisa Krasnića ima u selima: Gošnicu, Slupćanu, Alaševcu, Ruđincu.
^ ^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. 132.