Vërnicë

Vërnicë
Врница / Врбница
Village
Vërnicë
Coordinates: 41°25′24″N 20°31′38″E / 41.42333°N 20.52722°E / 41.42333; 20.52722Coordinates: 41°25′24″N 20°31′38″E / 41.42333°N 20.52722°E / 41.42333; 20.52722
Country Albania Albania
County Dibër
Municipality Bulqizë
Administrative Unit Trebisht
Population (2007)
 • Total 548
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Vërnicë (Macedonian: Врница or Врбница) 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 30 households with 97 male Christian residents.[2]

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

Elez Koçi was killed in the village in 1916 by Bulgarian forces.[4]

Demographics

According to a 2007 estimate, Vërnicë's population was 548.[5]

Macedonian is spoken in the village.[6] Instruction in Macedonian was permitted twice in Vërnicë since becoming part of Albania, once during World War I and again during the late 1940s.[7]

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. ↑ Sinani, Rakip: Dibra dhe dibranët në faqen e historisë ISBN 99943-625-8-5
  5. ↑ "Strategic Development Plan of Trebisht Commune" (PDF). p. 4. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  6. ↑ Vidoeski, Božidar. Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik I. Skopje: MANU. 1998.
  7. ↑ "Вистината за Македонското Училиште во Врница, Голо Брдо" (in Macedonian). Makedonium. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
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