Stenče



Stenče (Стенче) is a village in the municipality of Brvenica, North Macedonia. It is located close to the Kosovan border.

Historr
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Žerovjane 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: Petro Arbanas (t. Arnaut ); Gjini son of Dimitri; Rala, son of Gjon.

Demographics
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 150 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:


 * Macedonians 149
 * Serbs 1

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Stenče was inhabited by 842 Bulgarians and 2 Muslim Albanians.

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Stenče was inhabited by 680 Orthodox Bulgarians.