Qendër Bilisht

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Qendër Bilisht
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Qendër Bilisht
Coordinates: 40°36′N21°0′E / 40.600°N 21.000°E / 40.600; 21.000
CountryFlag of Albania.svg  Albania
County Korçë
Municipality Devoll
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipal unit
5,440
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code
7006
Area Code(0)873

Qendër Bilisht is a former municipality in the Korçë County, southeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Devoll. [1] The population at the 2011 census was 5,440. [2] The municipal unit consists of the villages Bitinckë, Tren, Buzliqen, Vërnik, Vishocicë, Kuç, Poloskë, Kapshticë, Trestenik and Kurilë. [3]

Demographics

During the late 2000s linguists Klaus Steinke and Xhelal Ylli seeking to corroborate villages cited in past literature as being Slavic speaking carried out fieldwork in some villages of the area. [4] Buzliqen and Tren were noted as not having a Slavic speaking population with villagers speaking Albanian and older generations stating that they have used only that language. [4] Villagers from nearby Pustec municipality that speak south Slavic languages being well informed about the situation of their minority and neighbouring villages stated that they were not aware of anyone having spoken their language in Buzliqen, Tren and Trestenik. [4] Tren is inhabited by Orthodox Christians and Muslims. [4] Buzliqen is inhabited by Muslims and the oldest families of the village are Merxhani, Bostanxhiu, Ganoli and so on. [4] Vërnik is wholly inhabited by Orthodox Slav-speaking inhabitants. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6372–6373. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ↑ 2011 census results Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Greece – Albania Neighbourhood Programme Archived March 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Steinke, Klaus; Ylli, Xhelal (2007). Die slavischen Minderheiten in Albanien (SMA): Prespa - Vërnik - Boboshtica. Munich: Verlag Otto Sagner. pp. 19–20. ISBN   9783866880351. "Die Suche nach weiteren Ortschaften mit slavischsprachiger Bevölkerung verlief ergebnislos. Vor allem die für den Raum Korça, Bilisht, Pogradec und Librazhd in der Literatur häufiger genannten Dörfer wie Miras (Božigrad), Bulgarec, Tren, Buzëliqen (Zagradec), Buçimas (Starova), Proptisht und Rajca haben, wie die Überprüfung vor Ort zeigte, keine slavischprachige Bevölkerung mehr.... Auch in Tren wohnen Orthodoxe und Moslems. Überall spricht man aber ausschließlich Albanisch, und bereits die ältere Generation hat angeblich nur diese Sprache benutzt. In Buzëliqen leben gleichfalls Moslems. Zu den ältesten Familien gehören dort die Merxhani, Bostanxhiu, Ganoli i usw. (Informant: Nedjat Ganolli).... Auch die Informanten in den von uns besuchten slavischen Dörfern, die im aligemeinen sehr gut über die Situation ihrer Minderheit und über die Nachbarorte informiert sind, konnten keine weiteren außer den hinlänglich bekannten Orten nennen. Insbesondere bestätigten auch sie, daß es z.B. in den Nachbardörfern Tren, Buzëliqen, Shuec, Bitincka, Trestenik, Rakicka usw. niemanden mehr gibt, der ihre Sprache spricht.... Bekräftigt werden diese Zweifel teilweise von den Bewohnern der Dörfer Cerje und Vërnik, aus denen ebenfalls hervorgeht, daß "ihre Sprache" z.B. in den Nachbardörfern Rakicka, Tren usw. nicht gesprochen wird."; p. 21.


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