Jažince (, ) is a village in the municipality of Jegunovce, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Vratnica.
History Jažince is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 26 Christian households and 2 bachelors.Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Jažince exhibits Slavic Orthodox anthroponomy.
Demographics According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 913 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2021), Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021
Albanians 884 Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 29
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Jažince was inhabited by 220 Muslim Albanians and 25 Orthodox Bulgarians.Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 211.
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