Blace (, ) is a village in the municipality of Čučer-Sandevo, Republic of North Macedonia.
History On the 1st of November 1944, the village was the scene of a massacre in which a total of 120 Albanians were killed by the XVI Macedonian Partisan Brigade, led by Gligorije Šaranović-"Gliša", under the pretext of collaboration with the occupier.
During the Kosovo War, Blace temporarily hosted around 65,000 ethnic Albanian refugees from Kosovo.CRISIS IN THE BALKANS: IN MACEDONIA; As a Border Camp Is Broken Up, Refugees Are Scattered and Families Separated - NY Times
Demographics As of the 2021 census, Blace had 862 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021 Albanians 760 Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 102
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 972 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 192. Albanians 968 Macedonians 1 Others 3
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