Berevce (, ) is a settlement in the Štrpce municipality in Kosovo. It is inhabited by ethnic Serbs,Republic of Serbia, Министарствo за Косово и Метохију, Општина Штрпце Dimitrije M. Kalezić, Enciklopedija pravoslavlja, Book 1, Savremena administracija, 2002, p. 166 according to the 2024 census, it had 583 inhabitants.
Geography It is situated in the northeastern part of the Šar Mountains, at the foot of a ridge of the Žar Mountain, on the left riverbank of the Lepenac.Srboljub Đ Stamenković, Географска енциклопедија населjа Србије: С-Ш, Volume 4, Географски факултет, 2002, p. 323 It is physiognomically like the southern part of Štrpce.
History In Medieval Serbia, the župa (province) of Sirinić (first mentioned in a charter of the 13th century, the second time in 1331, in a charter of Emperor Stephen Dušan) existed, covering the whole of modern Štrpce municipality, having two cities, Gradište (in Brezovica) and Zidinac (in Gotovuša), near Berevce. Several remains of Byzantine forts exist in the region.Rastko
In 1894, the village had 62 houses, all ethnic Serb.Branislav Đ Nušić, S Kosova na sinje more: beleške s puta kroz Arbanase 1894. godine, Čigoja štampa, 2005, p. 18
According to data from 1938, the village had the following kin families, with their number of houses, traditions (Krsna Slava, patron saint day), and history:Podaci „Naselja“ (dr. A. Urošević: Šarplaninska Župa Sirinić)Annuaire, Volume 1, Univerzitet vo Skopje. Prirodno-matematički oddel, Oddel, Jan 1, 1948, p. 170 Đurinac (13 houses, Slava of St. Nicholas). Mutavdžijin (1 house, St. Nicholas). Šarkočević (13 houses, St. Nicholas). Kovačević (11 houses, Vavedenje), settled from the vicinity of Kaçanik. Popović (6 houses), Krpačević (4 houses) and Boško (5 houses), all with the Slava of St. Demetrius. They hail from Montenegro, from where they settled in Mushtisht, in Metohija, then in Berevce at the end of the 18th century. They are kin to the Popović of Gornja Bitinja.
+ Demographic history Ethnic group 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 Serbs 864 (98,63%) Others 12 (1,37%) Total 682 706 751 846 876 792
Infrastructure The rural settlement has a cadastre of 1458 hectares, with primarily livestock farming (ratarsko-stočarstvo) and Pomology.
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