Izdeglavje () is a village in the municipality of Debarca, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Belčišta.
History Izdeglavje is home to three medieval archaeological sites: Manastirište, Zglavinica, and Saint Demetrius.Dimče, Kočo (1996). Археолошка карта на Република Македонија. стр. 248, Скопје: МАНУ. . ИЗДЕГЛАВЈЕ Зглавиница - Старо Село, средновековна црква и некропола. Се наоѓа на околу 2 км северозападно од селото... Манастириште, средновековна црква. Се наоѓа во западниот дел на селото... Св. Димитрија, средновековна црква и некропола...Из пътните бележки на Васил Кънчов за Дебърца, Демирхисарската нахия и други района на Македония. – В: Извори за българската етнография, том 3: Етнография на Македония. Материали из архивното наследство. София, Македонски научен институт, Етнографски институт с музей, Академично издателство „Проф. Марин Дринов“, 1998. с. 17.
A locality in the village bears the name Arbajnca, stemming from the old South Slavic ethnonym for Albanian and the Slavic suffix ica, suggesting direct linguistic contact with Albanians or the former presence of an assimilated Albanian community.
Per Vasil Kanchov, Izdeglavje in 1900 had 220 residents, all Bulgarian Christians.Васил К’нчов. „Македонија. Етнографија и статистика“. Софија, 1900, стр. 253. In 1905, Dimitar Mishev recorded 224 Bulgarian Exharchist residents.D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, р. 164-165.
On 21 October 1943, the First Priesthood Council was organised in Izdeglavje, where the decision to rebuild the Ohrid Archdiocese as the Macedonian Orthodox Church was decided.
Demographics According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 136 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. 67.
Macedonians 136 Other 3
Culture Churches The main church of the village is the Church of Saint Demetrius, built in the 20th century. The Church of Saint Nicholas is listed as a cultural landmark.
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