Jegunovce Municipality

Jegunovce (Macedonian: Јегуновце^ⓘ, Albanian: Jegunoc) is a municipality in the northwest of North Macedonia. Jegunovce is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Jegunovce Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.

Municipality of Jegunovce Општина Јегуновце Komuna e Jegunocit
Rural municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Polog
Municipal seat	Jegunovce
Government
• Mayor	Dimitar Kostadinoski (VMRO-DPMNE)
Area
• Total	176.93 km2 (68.31 sq mi)
Population
• Total	8,895
• Density	60.98/km2 (157.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Area code	044
car plates	ТЕ
Website	http://www.OpstinaJegunovce.gov.mk

Geography

The municipality borders Kosovo to the north and east, the city of Skopje to the southeast, Tearce Municipality to the west, Želino Municipality to the south and Tetovo Municipality to the southwest.

History

By the 2003 territorial division of the republic, the rural Vratnica Municipality was attached to Jegunovce Municipality.

Demographics

The municipality has 8,895 inhabitants, according to the 2021 North Macedonia census.^[1] Ethnic groups in the municipality:

	2002		2021
	Number	%	Number	%
TOTAL	10,790	100	8,895	100
Macedonians	5,963	55.26	4,746	53.36
Albanians	4,642	43.02	3,482	39.15
Serbs	109	1.01	89	1
Roma	41	0.38	49	0.55
Turks	4	0.04
Bosniaks	1	0.01
Other / Undeclared / Unknown	30	0.28	11	0.12
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources			518	5.82

• Demographic Trends Live births by ethnic affiliation of mother, 2010-2021

	Macedonians		Albanians		Turks		Serbs		Roma		Others		TOTAL
Year	Births	%	Births	%	Births	%	Births	%	Births	%	Births	%	Births
2010	66	50.00	63	47.73	0	0.00	0	0.00	2	1.52	1	0.76	132
2011	49	44.95	59	54.13	0	0.00	0	0.00	1	0.92	0	0.00	109
2012	53	47.75	54	48.65	0	0.00	0	0.00	3	2.70	1	0.90	111
2013	43	39.09	66	60.00	0	0.00	1	0.91	0	0.00	0	0.00	110
2014	52	47.27	58	52.73	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	110
2015	51	50.00	49	48.04	0	0.00	2	1.96	0	0.00	0	0.00	102
2016	42	43.75	52	54.17	0	0.00	0	0.00	1	1.04	1	1.04	96
2017	42	44.68	49	52.13	0	0.00	2	2.13	0	0.00	1	1.06	94
2018	44	42.72	55	53.40	0	0.00	1	0.97	1	0.97	2	1.94	103
2019	47	46.08	54	52.94	0	0.00	1	0.98	0	0.00	0	0.00	102
2020	34	45.33	37	49.33	1	1.33	0	0.00	3	4.00	0	0.00	75
2021	37	36.27	63	61.76	0	0.00	0	0.00	1	0.98	1	0.98	102
2022	41	42.71	52	54.17	0	0.00	1	1.04	2	2.08	0	0.00	96
2023	20	28.57	48	68.57	0	0.00	0	0.00	2	2.86	0	0.00	70

References

1. "Попис на населението, домаќинствата и становите во Република Северна Македонија, 2021 - прв сет на податоци" (PDF). stat.gov.mk. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

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