Grešnica | |
Native Name: | Грешница Greshnicë |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | North Macedonia |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within North Macedonia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | North Macedonia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Southwestern |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Kičevo |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 789 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +01:00 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +02:00 |
Coordinates: | 41.5747°N 20.9314°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | KI |
Grešnica (mk|Грешница, sq|Greshnicë) is a village in Kičevo Municipality, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former Zajas Municipality, North Macedonia.
During the period of 1912-1913, members the Serbian army massacred a total of 11 Albanian men from the village. A further 13 Albanian civilians would be killed in 1941 by the Royal Yugoslav Army and Partisan forces. Ballist guerrilla activity continued in the village until February of 1946 under the leadership of Grešnica native Mefmet Ollomani.[1]
The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 63 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).[2]
As of the 2021 census, Grešnica had 789 residents with the following ethnic composition:[3]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1480 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]
Local football club KF Xixa plays in the Macedonian Municipal Football Leagues league.