Tearce Municipality

Municipality of Tearce

Општина Теарце
Komuna e Tearcës
Municipality of Tearce Општина Теарце; Komuna e Tearcës
Rural municipality
	Coat of arms
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Polog
Municipal seat	Tearce
Government
• Mayor	Nuhi Neziri (DUI)
Area
• Total	136.54 km2 (52.72 sq mi)
Population
• Total	17,694
• Density	164.45/km2 (425.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Area code	044
car plates	ТЕ
Website	Official Website

Tearce (Macedonian: Теарце [ˈtɛ.artsɛ] ^ⓘ; Albanian:Tearcë) is a municipality in northwestern North 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

The municipality borders Kosovo to the north, Jegunovce Municipality to the east and south, and Tetovo Municipality to the west.

According to the 2021 Macedonian census, this municipality has 17,694 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality:

	2002		2021
	Number	%	Number	%
TOTAL	22,454	100	17,694	100
Albanians	18,950	84.4	14,704	83.1
Macedonians	2,739	12.2	2,114	11.96
Turks	516	2.3	382	1.16
others	219	1.1	96	0.54
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources	n/a	n/a	398	2.25

Demographics of Brvenica Municipality
Census year	Population

1994	20,797

2002	22,454