Gjoricë | |
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Coordinates: 41°32′N 20°27′E / 41.533°N 20.450°E | |
Country | Albania |
County | Dibër |
Municipality | Bulqizë |
Population (2011) | |
• Municipal unit | 4,214 |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Gjoricë (IPA: [ɟɔɾit͡s]) is a former municipality in the Dibër County, eastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Bulqizë. [1] The population at the 2011 census was 4,214. [2]
In 1900, Vasil Kanchov traveled throughout the region and reported on who lived there, finding that the towns of what is now the Gjoricë municipality included Gjoricë ( Bulgarian: Горица Gorica) with 900 Albanian Muslims, Viçisht with 130 Albanian Muslims and Lubalesh with 160 Albanian Muslims. [3]
Lubalesh has some Torbeš living in the village. [4]
During the 2000s linguists Klaus Steinke and Xhelal Ylli in search of Slavic speaking villages in Albania carried out fieldwork in settlements of the area. [5] They visited villages such as Gjoricë and in that area found no Slavic speaking populations. [5] Additionally detailed interviews with local inhabitants did not indicate that there where other places with Slavic speaking people inhabitants in this area. [5]
Gjoricë | |
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Coordinates: 41°32′N 20°27′E / 41.533°N 20.450°E | |
Country | Albania |
County | Dibër |
Municipality | Bulqizë |
Population (2011) | |
• Municipal unit | 4,214 |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Gjoricë (IPA: [ɟɔɾit͡s]) is a former municipality in the Dibër County, eastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Bulqizë. [1] The population at the 2011 census was 4,214. [2]
In 1900, Vasil Kanchov traveled throughout the region and reported on who lived there, finding that the towns of what is now the Gjoricë municipality included Gjoricë ( Bulgarian: Горица Gorica) with 900 Albanian Muslims, Viçisht with 130 Albanian Muslims and Lubalesh with 160 Albanian Muslims. [3]
Lubalesh has some Torbeš living in the village. [4]
During the 2000s linguists Klaus Steinke and Xhelal Ylli in search of Slavic speaking villages in Albania carried out fieldwork in settlements of the area. [5] They visited villages such as Gjoricë and in that area found no Slavic speaking populations. [5] Additionally detailed interviews with local inhabitants did not indicate that there where other places with Slavic speaking people inhabitants in this area. [5]