title: Lešnica, Kičevo
text: # Lešnica, Kičevo
  
  Lešnica (Macedonian: Лешница, Albanian: Leshnicë) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former Zajas 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 15 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).
  
  According to the 1942 Albanian census, Lešnica was inhabited by a 128 Muslim Albanians and 103 Serbian-speaking Orthodox Albanians.
  
  As of the 2021 census, Lešnica had 95 residents with the following ethnic composition:
  
  * Albanians 70
  * Macedonians 20
  * Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 5
  
  According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 219 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
  
  * Albanians 182
  * Macedonians 37
  