Berevce
Berevce is a settlement in the Štrpce municipality in Kosovo. It is inhabited by ethnic Serbs, according to the 2024 census, it had 583 inhabitants.
Geography
It is situated in the northeastern part of the Šar Mountains, at the foot of a ridge of the Žar Mountain, on the left riverbank of the Lepenac. It is physiognomically like the southern part of Štrpce.History
In Medieval Serbia, the župa of Sirinić existed, covering the whole of modern Štrpce municipality, having two cities, Gradište and Zidinac, near Berevce. Several remains of Byzantine forts exist in the region.In 1894, the village had 62 houses, all ethnic Serb.
According to data from 1938, the village had the following kin families, with their number of houses, traditions, and history:
- Đurinac.
- Mutavdžijin.
- Šarkočević.
- Kovačević, settled from the vicinity of Kaçanik.
- Popović, Krpačević and Boško, all with the Slava of St. Demetrius. They hail from Montenegro, from where they settled in Mushtisht, in Metohija, then in Berevce at the end of the 18th century. They are kin to the Popović of Gornja Bitinja.
| Ethnic group | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 |
| Serbs | 864 | |||||
| Others | 12 | |||||
| Total | 682 | 706 | 751 | 846 | 876 | 792 |