title: Staroec
text: # Staroec
  
  Staroec (Macedonian: Староец) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former Vraneštica Municipality.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 45 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).
  
  According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 195 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
  
  * Macedonians 194
  * Serbs 1
  