Ozormište
village in North Macedonia
Ozormište (Macedonian: Озормиште, Albanian: Uzurmisht) is a village in the municipality of Želino, North Macedonia.
Demographics
Ozormište is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 20 Christian households, 2 bachelors and 3 widows.
As of the 2021 census, Ozormište had 818 residents with the following ethnic composition:
Albanians 806
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 10
Macedonians 2
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1219 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
Albanians 1208
Others 11
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Ozormište was inhabited by 137 Muslim Albanians and 23 Serbs.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Ozormište” is village in North Macedonia. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Ozormište, village and North, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “village in North Macedonia” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3077560. Authority coordinates are 42.014, 21.071. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1467, 2021, 2002 and 1219.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
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- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Ozormište” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.