Jegunovce Municipality
Jegunovce (Macedonian: 
Јегуновце , Albanian: Jegunoc) is a municipality in the northwest of North Macedonia. Jegunovce is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Jegunovce Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.
Municipality of Jegunovce
Општина Јегуновце Komuna e Jegunocit | |
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Rural municipality | |
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| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Polog |
| Municipal seat | Jegunovce |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Toni Koceski (VMRO-DPMNE) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 176.93 km2 (68.31 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 8,895 |
| • Density | 60.98/km2 (157.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Area code | 044 |
| car plates | ТЕ |
| Website | http://www.OpstinaJegunovce.gov.mk |
Geography
The municipality borders Kosovo to the north and east, the city of Skopje to the southeast, Tearce Municipality to the west, Želino Municipality to the south and Tetovo Municipality 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 8,895 inhabitants, according to the 2021 census. Ethnic groups in the municipality:
| 2002 | 2021 | |||
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| TOTAL | 10,790 | 100 | 8,895 | 100 |
| Macedonians | 5,963 | 55.3 | 4,746 | 53.36 |
| Albanians | 4,642 | 43.0 | 3,482 | 39.15 |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | n/a | n/a | 518 | 5.82 |
| Serbs | 109 | 1.0 | 89 | 1.0 |
| Roma | / | / | 49 | 0.55 |
| others | 76 | 0.7 | 11 | 0.12 |
References
| Eastern |  | |
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| Northeastern | ||
| Pelagonia | ||
| Polog | ||
| Skopje | ||
| Southeastern | ||
| Southwestern | ||
| Vardar | ||
| City of Skopje | ||
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