Sopište Municipality

Municipality of Sopište

Општина Сопиште
Komuna e Sopishtit
Municipality of Sopište Општина Сопиште; Komuna e Sopishtit
Rural municipality
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Country	North Macedonia
Region	Skopje
Municipal seat	Sopište
Government
• Mayor	Stefče Trpkovski (VMRO-DPMNE)
Area
• Total	222.1 km2 (85.8 sq mi)
Highest elevation	2,500 m (8,200 ft)
Lowest elevation	600 m (2,000 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	6,713
• Density	30/km2 (78/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Area code	02
Car Plates	SK

Sopište (Macedonian: Сопиште^ⓘ, Albanian: Sopisht) is a municipality in the northern part of North Macedonia. Sopište is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. It is located in the Skopje Statistical Region.

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The municipality borders the City of Skopje to the north, Želino Municipality and Makedonski Brod Municipality to the west, and Studeničani Municipality to the east.

According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, the municipality has 6,713 inhabitants.^[1] Ethnic groups in the municipality:

	2002		2021
	Number	%	Number	%
TOTAL	5,656	100	6,713	100
Macedonians	3,404	60.18	4,045	60.26
Albanians	1,942	34.34	1,693	25.22
Turks	243	4.3	463	6.9
Serbs	32	0.56	49	0.73
Vlachs	4	0.07	19	0.28
Roma			1	0.01
Other / Undeclared / Unknown	31	0.55	33	0.49
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources			410	6.11

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

	Macedonians		Albanians		Turks		Others		TOTAL
Year	Births	%	Births	%	Births	%	Births	%	Births
2010	44	51.16	35	40.70	3	3.49	4	4.65	86
2011	37	39.78	45	48.39	7	7.53	4	4.30	93
2012	39	45.35	44	51.16	2	2.33	1	1.16	86
2013	44	40.37	56	51.38	7	6.42	2	1.83	109
2014	46	41.44	59	53.15	6	5.41	0	0.00	111
2015	51	49.04	50	48.08	1	0.96	2	1.92	104
2016	39	41.49	47	50.00	5	5.32	3	3.19	94
2017	47	47.47	46	46.46	5	5.05	1	1.01	99
2018	39	41.05	48	50.53	6	6.32	2	2.11	95
2019	38	38.38	50	50.51	8	8.08	3	3.03	99
2020	38	38.78	52	53.06	5	5.10	3	3.06	98
2021	34	42.50	40	50.00	6	7.50	0	0.00	80
2022	24	28.57	45	53.57	13	15.48	2	2.38	84
2023	41	48.24	35	41.18	8	9.41	1	1.18	85

Igor Durlovski, a Macedonian opera singer
Ana Durlovski [de], a Macedonian opera singer
Rabi W. Sédrak, Immigration specialist and founder of Balkan's Integration and Immigration Program

The 5656 inhabitants of the municipality of Sopište live in 1510 houses and 3398 apartments.^[2] There are 13 settlements in Sopište with the absence of a classic urban center.

In the municipality there are the following settlements: