Selce, Tetovo


Selce is a village in the municipality of Tetovo, North Macedonia.

History

Selce is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 47 Christian households and 2 bachelors.
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, the inhabitants of Selce exhibit Orthodox Christian Slavic anthroponyms.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 2.239 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
YearMacedonianAlbanianTurksRomaniVlachsSerbsBosniaksOthersTotal
2002...2.521..................2.521
2021...2.149...............902.239

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Selce was inhabited by 712 Muslim Albanians.
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Selce was inhabited by 500 Muslim Albanians.