Stenče () is a village in the municipality of Brvenica, North Macedonia.
History Stenče is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 52 Christian households, 2 bachelors and 1 widow.Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Stenče exhibits mostly Orthodox Christian Slavic and minority Albanian anthroponomy.
Demographics According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 150 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. 75.
Macedonians 149 Serbs 1
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Stenče was inhabited by 842 Bulgarians and 2 Muslim Albanians.http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Stenče was inhabited by 680 Christian Bulgarians.Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 212.
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