Drsnik, Kosovo
Drsnik (Serbian Cyrillic: Дрсник), or Dërsnik or Dresnik (Albanian: Dërsniku or Dresniku), is a settlement in the Klina municipality of Kosovo.[2] During Early Middle Ages, Porphyrogenitus mentions the urban center of Desstinik.[3] Archaeological discoveries from the Roman period were made here in August 2013.[4]
Dresnik | |
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Village | |
Dresnik Location in Kosovo | |
Coordinates: 42°36′22″N 20°36′03″E | |
Location | |
District | Pejë |
Municipality | Klinë |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,770 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 32000 |
Area code(s) | +381 |
Car plates | 03 |
Dërsnik had a Serbian majority. In June 1999 the Serbian population fled due to war. Some Serbs returned to the village after five years, on June 2005.[5] The interior of the church of St. Paraskeva, which dates back to the 16th century, was completely torched in June 1999. Some frescoes survived the fire; in 2005 funds were being collected for the church's repair and a restoration of the frescoes.[5]
In 2009 there were arson attacks on two Serbian houses in Drsnik.[6]
Population
In the 2011 census, the population was 1770.[7]
Previous census figures may not have been accurate. Data for 1991 may not reflect the correct number of Albanians that year, as they largely boycotted that census.
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Year | Serbs | % | Albanians | % | others | % | Total | ||||||||||||||
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1961 | 900 | 78.13% | 222 | 19.27% | 30 | 2.60% | 1152 | ||||||||||||||
1971 | 837 | 70.16% | 337 | 28.25% | 19 | 1.59% | 1193 | ||||||||||||||
1981 | 709 | 71.91% | 242 | 24.54% | 35 | 3.55% | 986 | ||||||||||||||
1991 | 590 | 95.78% | 12 | 1.95% | 14 | 2.27% | 616 | ||||||||||||||
2011 | 10 | 0,56% | 1751 | 98.9% | 9 | 0.54% | 1770 |
Notes
- Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.
References
- 2011 Kosovo Census results
- "Drsnik Map - Serbia and Montenegro Google Satellite Maps".
- Historiku (History) (in Albanian), Municipality of Klina
- Archaeological discoveries in Dresnik of Klina, the most intriguing discovery of the past few decades, Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport of Kosovo, 2013-08-15
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100430001252/http://www.kosovo.net/news/archive/2005/October_31/1.html. Archived from the original on April 30, 2010. Missing or empty
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(help) - "KPS: Pucano na kuću u naselju Ljug". B92.net.
- "Table: population - Klinë Detail settlement". REKOS 2011. Kosovo Agency of Statistics. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2013.