Brždani

Village in Southwestern, North Macedonia

Brždani (Macedonian: Брждани) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former Drugovo Municipality.

Demographics

The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 4 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).^[1]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Brždani was inhabited by a total of 460 Bulgarians.^[2]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 162 inhabitants.^[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[3]

• Macedonians 162
• Others 1

References

1. Qerim Dalipi. "NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave historike 47:29-48.
2. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
3. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 236.