Klenjë

Klenjë
Клење
Village
Klenjë
Coordinates: 41°22′04″N 20°28′11″E / 41.36778°N 20.46972°E / 41.36778; 20.46972Coordinates: 41°22′04″N 20°28′11″E / 41.36778°N 20.46972°E / 41.36778; 20.46972
Country  Albania
County Dibër
Municipality Bulqizë
Administrative unit Trebisht
Population (2007)
 â€¢ Total 207
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 â€¢ Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Klenjë (Macedonian: Клење) is a village in the former Trebisht Municipality in Dibër County in northeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Bulqizë.[1] It is situated with in the Golo Brdo region, near the border with the Republic of Macedonia.

History

A demographic survey of the population of the village, done in 1873, recorded the village has having 100 households with 196 male Christians residents and 120 male Muslim residents.[2]

During the Balkan Wars, one man from the village joined the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps.[3]

Demographics

According to a 2007 estimate, Klenjë's population was 207.[4] Macedonian is spoken in the village.[5]

People from Klenje

References

  1. ↑ Law nr. 115/2014
  2. ↑ „Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г.“ Македонски научен институт, София, 1995, стр.172-173.
  3. ↑ „Македоно-одринското опълчение 1912-1913 г. Личен състав“, Главно управление на архивите, 2006, стр.589.
  4. ↑ "Strategic Development Plan of Trebisht Commune" (PDF). p. 4. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  5. ↑ Vidoeski, Božidar. Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik I. Skopje: MANU. 1998.
  6. ↑ "Македонски голобрдски фолклор" (in Macedonian). Makedonska Nacija. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
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