Pršovce (, ) is a village in the municipality of Tearce, North Macedonia.
Name The name appears in medieval records as Prushefc, from the Latin loan into Albanian pirus-prush and the Slavic suffix ovci/e.
History Pršovce is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 61 Christian households, 3 bachelors and 3 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, Pršovce exhibits mostly Slavic Orthodox anthroponomy with a small minority of Albanian ones.
Demographics As of the 2021 census, Pršovce had 1,923 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021 Albanians 1,871 Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 37 Macedonians 11 Others 4
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 2,516 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 2478 Macedonians 1 Romani 6 Serbs 1 Others 29
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Pršovce was inhabited by 165 Muslim Albanians.Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.
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