Jegunovce is a municipality in northwestern Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

. Jegunovce

Jegunovce

Jegunovce is one of the larger villages in the Polog Valley, Republic of Macedonia. It is located about 10 mi northeast of the Macedonian city of Tetovo...

is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Jegunovce Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region

Polog statistical region

The Polog Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. Polog, located in the northwestern part of the country, borders Albania and Kosovo...

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Geography

The municipality borders Kosovo

Kosovo

Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...

 to the north and east, the city of Skopje

Skopje

Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...

 to the southeast, Tearce Municipality

Tearce municipality

Tearce is a municipality in northwestern Republic of Macedonia. Tearce is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Tearce Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.-Geography:...

 to the west, Želino Municipality

Želino municipality

Želino is a municipality in northwestern Republic of Macedonia. Želino is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.-Geography:...

 to the south and Tetovo Municipality

Tetovo municipality

Tetovo is a municipality in northwestern Republic of Macedonia. Tetovo is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Tetovo Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.-Geography:...

 to the southwest.

History

By the 2003 territorial division of the republic, the rural Vratnica Municipality was attached to Jegunovce Municipality.

Demographics

The municipality has 10,790 inhabitants, according to the 2002 census. Ethnic groups in the municipality:

• Macedonians = 5,963 (55.3%)
• Albanians = 4,642 (43.0%)
• Serbs = 109 (1.0%)
• others.

	Demographics of Jegunovce Municipality
Census year	Population			| Territorial Division 2003
1994	7,013
				10,790
2002	7,227

Demographics of the former Vratnica Municipality
Census year	Population
1994	3,720
2002	3,563

Inhabited places

Inhabited places in Jegunovce Municipality

villages: Belovište | Vratnica Vratnica Vratnica is a small village and community located in the Jegunovce Municipality of Macedonia. Vratnica lies in the north-west, and is 22km away from the city of Tetovo and 5km away from Jazince --the border crossing point with Serbia...  | Žilče | Jažince Jazince Jazince is a village of the Kosovo – Republic of Macedonia border....  | Jančište | Jegunovce Jegunovce Jegunovce is one of the larger villages in the Polog Valley, Republic of Macedonia. It is located about 10 mi northeast of the Macedonian city of Tetovo...  | Kopance | Orašje | Podbrege | Preljubište | Raotince Raotince Raotince is a village located about 10 miles northeast from the city of Tetovo in the Republic of Macedonia.-History:The village of Raotince is one of the oldest in the Polog Valley. It is believed to be settled some time around the early 18th century...  | Ratae | Rogačevo Rogacevo Rogačevo is a small village located in the north-western part of the Republic of Macedonia, 26 km away from the city of Tetovo and 1 km away from the village of Jazince, the border crossing point with Kosovo....  | Siričino | Staro Selo Staro Selo Staro Selo is a Slavic toponym meaning "old village" and may refer to the following villages:*Staro Selo , in Bosnia and Herzegovina*Staro Selo , in Bosnia and Herzegovina*Staro Selo , in Bosnia and Herzegovina...  | Tudence | Šemševo