Brodec (Macedonian: Бродец, Albanian: Va, definite form: Vau) is a village in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia.

[1] In 1905 in statistics gathered by Dimitar Mishev Brancoff, Brodec was inhabited by 450 Albanians and had a Bulgarian school.

[2] The Yugoslav census of 1953 recorded 171 people of whom 145 were Macedonians, 24 were Albanians and 2 others.

[3] The 1961 Yugoslav census recorded 182 people of whom were 133 Macedonians, 44 Albanians, 3 Turks and 2 others.

[3] The 1981 Yugoslav census recorded 70 people of whom were 56 Macedonians and 14 Albanians.