History of Rainca

The village of Rainca is an Albanian-inhabited residency belonging to the municipality of Presevo and lies to the north of the Presheva Valley in Serbia. Rainca is located between Presevo and Bujanovac and is a bridge for these two municipalities. The oldness of the village has made it one of the biggest in the Presevo valley. It is located in the 12th kilometer of the regional road of Presevo-Bujanovac, while the distance from the city of Bujanovac is 14km. Rainca in the north is bordered by the village of Letovica of Bujanovac, in the east with the Somolica of Bujanovac , in the south with Corrotica of Presevo and in the west by Gare of Presevo.

Ottoman Turkey occupied the Presevo region in 1445. During the years 1519, 1528 and 1570 in Rainca there were only Christian families of the Catholic faith. During the year 1912 Rainca had 130 houses and 717 inhabitants, where there were 9 houses inhabited by Serbs due to the occupation of the Serbian army. Rainca, according to the 2002 population census, had 2933 permanent residents. Today, Rainca has over 600 houses, with an average of 4.38 people per house, and with construction is further expanding in the direction of the rails.