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|native_name            ={{native name|sr-Cyrl|Спанце|italics=off}}
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|subdivision_type1      = [[Districts of Serbia|District]]
|subdivision_name1      =[[Toplica District]]
|subdivision_type2      =[[Municipalities of Serbia|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name2      =[[Kuršumlija]]
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|population_as_of               = 2002
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|population_total               =222
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'''Spance''' is a [[village]] in the [[Municipalities of Serbia|municipality]] of [[Kuršumlija]], [[Serbia]]. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 222 people.<ref>Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. {{ISBN|86-84433-00-9}}</ref>
== History ==
'''Spance''' ({{langx|sq|Spanca}}) had 38 houses inhabited by [[Albanians]] before the [[Expulsion of the Albanians, 1877–1878|Expulsion of the Albanians]] took place in 1877–1878.<ref name="Spanca">{{Cite web |title=The Expulsion of Albanians from the Sanjak of Nish |url=http://asha-ks.net/repository/docs/Katalogu_WEB.pdf |publisher=State Agency of Kosovo Archives|page=24}}</ref> All Albanians left the [[Kuršumlija]] region by force of the [[Serbian Army|Serbian army]] and fled to modern-day [[Kosovo]], which was back then the [[Kosovo vilayet|Vilayet of Kosovo]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]]. Their last name is Spanca.<ref name="Spanca"></ref>
==References==
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{{Toplica District}}
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[[Category:Populated places in Toplica District]]