Sevce () is a settlement in the Štrpce municipality in Kosovo. It is inhabited by ethnic Serbs, according to the 2024 census, it had 1,192 inhabitants.
Geography It is situated in the northeastern part of the Šar Mountains, in the drainage basin of the Lepenac river.Srboljub Đ Stamenković, Географска енциклопедија населjа Србије: С-Ш, Volume 4, Географски факултет, 2002, p. 326
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 Sevce. Several remains of Byzantine forts exist in the region. In the charter of Emperor Dušan, Sevce is mentioned as Selce (Селце), a village which was granted (metochion) to the Monastery of St. Peter Koriški, submitted by the Emperor's nobleman Tošoje, as part of his heritage.Istorijski glasnik: organ Društva istoričara SR Srbije, Društvo istoričara SR Srbije, Društvo, 1989, p. 51Annuaire 1948, p. 118 The village is part of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Raška and Prizren.
In 1894, the village had 140 houses, all ethnic Serb.Branislav Đ Nušić, S Kosova na sinje more: beleške s puta kroz Arbanase 1894. godine, Čigoja štampa, 2005, p. 19
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 1948, p. 174 Šubarić (12 houses, Slava of St. Archangel). Bogajčević (8 houses, St. Archangel). Cumpalević (11 houses, St. Archangel). Markagić (12 houses, St. Archangel). Pišmanović (10 houses, St. Archangel). Đekić (8 houses, St. Archangel). Basarić (19 houses, St. Nicholas). Kalpaković (7 houses, St. Nicholas). Prljinčević (12 houses, St. Nicholas). Bijačević (5 houses, St. Nicholas). Jocković (8 houses, St. Nicholas). Uzunović (17 houses, St. George). Daćevac (16 houses, St. George). Sinikovac (16 houses, St. George). Ašujin (4 houses, St. Nicholas), very old migrants from Boka Kotorska. Đelić (5 houses, St. George), settled from Želina, in Polog, in the mid 18th-century
Demographics + Demographic history Ethnic group 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 199120112024 Serbs 1227 (99.92%)174 (98.86%)1190 (99.98%) Others 1 (0.08%)2 (1.14%)2 (0.02%) Total 1049 1127 1120 1223 1228 12831761192 Serbs boycott 2011 census.
Infrastructure The rural settlement has primarily livestock farming ().
See also Svetomir Arsić-Basara (b. 1928), acclaimed Serbian sculptor, member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, born in Sevce
References
Sources Annuaire, Volume 1, Univerzitet vo Skopje. Prirodno-matematički oddel, Oddel, 1 January 1948