Gajre

Gajre (Гајре, 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.

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. Ethnic groups in the village include:


 * Albanians 607
 * Others 26

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

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