Lešok

Lešok (Macedonian: Лешок, Albanian: Leshkë^[1]) is a village in the municipality of Tearce, North Macedonia.

Lešok Лешок Leshkë
Village
Lešok Monastery
Lešok Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 42.062000°N 21.031210°E / 42.062000; 21.031210
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Polog
Municipality	Tearce
Population  (2002)
• Total	440
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	TE
Website	.

History

According to a 1467-68 Ottoman defter, the inhabitants of Lešok exhibited mostly Albanian and mixed Slavic-Albanian anthroponymy the latter usually consisting of a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name (Radič, son of Gjin Arbanasi, Radivoj, son of Doda), while a minority carried traditional Slavic anthroponymy. The settlement had two Orthodox Albanian priests who served in the Slavic-speaking church.^[2]

This village is well known for its monastery, where operated the Macedonian Bulgarian intellectual Kiril Pejcinović.

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village was inhabited by 540 Bulgarian Exarchists.^[3]

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Lešok had 696 residents with the following ethnic composition:^[4]

• Macedonians 381
• Albanians 280
• Romani 2
• Serbs 1
• Others 11
• Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 21

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 440 inhabitants.^[5] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[5]

• Macedonians 435
• Serbs 1
• Others 4

References

1. Sherafedin Kaso (2005). The settlements with Muslim population in Macedonia. Logos-A. p. 186. ISBN 978-9989-58-155-7.
2. Rexha, Iljaz (2011). "Vendbanimet dhe popullsia albane gjatë mesjetës në hapësirën e Maqedonisë së sotme: Sipas burimeve sllave dhe osmane". Gjurmime Albanologjike: Seria e Shkencave Historike (41–42): 112.
3. Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 210.
4. Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
5. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 185.