Sevce, Štrpce
Sevce is a settlement in the Štrpce municipality in Kosovo. It is inhabited by ethnic Serbs, according to the 1991 census, it had 1,283 inhabitants.Geography
It is situated in the northeastern part of the Šar Mountains, in the drainage basin of the Lepenac river.History
In Medieval Serbia, the župa of Sirinić existed, covering the whole of modern Štrpce municipality, having two cities, Gradište and Zidinac, near Sevce. Several remains of Byzantine forts exist in the region. In the charter of Emperor Dušan, Sevce is mentioned as Selce, a village which was granted to the Monastery of St. Peter Koriški, submitted by the Emperor's nobleman Tošoje, as part of his heritage. The village is part of the ecclessiastical jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Raška and Prizren.
In 1894, the village had 140 houses, all ethnic Serb.
According to data from 1938, the village had the following kin families, with their number of houses, traditions, and history:
- Šubarić, indigenous.
- Bogajčević, indigenous.
- Cumpalević, indigenous.
- Markagić, indigenous.
- Pišmanović, indigenous.
- Đekić, indigenous.
- Basarić, indigenous.
- Kalpaković, indigenous.
- Prljinčević, indigenous.
- Bijačević, indigenous.
- Jocković, indigenous.
- Uzunović, indigenous.
- Daćevac, indigenous.
- Sinikovac, indigenous.
- Ašujin, very old migrants from Boka Kotorska.
- Đelić, settled from Želina, in Polog, in the mid 18th-century.
| Ethnic group | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 |
| Serbs | | | | | 1227 | |
| Others | | | | | 1 | |
| Total | 1049 | 1127 | 1120 | 1223 | 1228 | 1283 |
Infrastructure
The rural settlement has primarily livestock farming.
