Blace, Čučer-Sandevo
# Blace, Čučer-Sandevo

Blace (Macedonian: Блаце, Albanian: Bllacë) is a village in the municipality of Čučer-Sandevo, Republic of North Macedonia.

## History

On the 1st of November 1944, the village was the scene of a massacre in which a total of 120 Albanians were killed by the XVI Macedonian Partisan Brigade, led by Gligorije Šaranović-"Gliša", under the pretext of collaboration with the occupier.

During the Kosovo War, Blace temporarily hosted around 65,000 ethnic Albanian refugees from Kosovo.

## Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Blace had 862 residents with the following ethnic composition:

* Albanians 760
* Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 102

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 972 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:

* Albanians 968
* Macedonians 1
* Others 3
