Nerasht (, ) is a village in the municipality of Tearce, North Macedonia.
History Nerašte is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 29 Christian households, 1 bachelors and 2 widows.Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Nerašte exhibits Orthodox Christian Slavic anthroponyms.
Demographics As of the 2021 census, Nerašte had 2,724 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021 Albanians 2,670 Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 51 Macedonians 2 Others 1
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 3,485 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. 185.
Albanians 3478 Others 7
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Nerašte was inhabited by 465 Muslim Albanians.Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.
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