Laplje Selo

Coordinates: 42°35′48″N 21°08′27″E / 42.59667°N 21.14083°E / 42.59667; 21.14083
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Laplje Selo
Laplje Selo is located in Kosovo
Laplje Selo
Laplje Selo
Laplje Selo is located in Europe
Laplje Selo
Laplje Selo
Coordinates: 42°35′48″N 21°08′27″E / 42.59667°N 21.14083°E / 42.59667; 21.14083
Location Kosovo
DistrictPristina
MunicipalityGračanica
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total892
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Laplje Selo (Serbian Cyrillic: Лапље Село, Albanian: Llapllaselle) is a village in the Gračanica municipality of Kosovo.[2] Laplje Selo was part of the Pristina municipality before the Gračanica municipality was created.

It is a Serb enclave situated south of Čaglavica, and has a supermajority of ethnic Serbs. During the Kosovo War, Serbs were displaced, after more than a decade, sixteen families returned to their village, on February 6, 2010.[3] That number has since increased to just over 20 families.[4]

Various problems, some of them related to anti-Serb sentiment, persist for returnees. There is no running water,[4] and harassment takes place, such as cemetery desecration.[5][6]

Demography[edit]

Ethnic Composition
Year Serbs  % Romani  % others  % Total
1961 988 94.73% 43 4.12% 12 1.15% 1043
1971 1011 94.31% 58 5.41% 3 0.30% 1072
1981 1142 94.46% 58 4.80% 9 0.74% 1209
2024 1000 70.00% 50 2.00% 23 1.66% 1383

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2011 Kosovo Census results
  2. ^ "Laplje Selo Map | Serbia and Montenegro Google Satellite Maps". Maplandia.com. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Janine Natalya Clark (20 June 2014). International Trials and Reconciliation: Assessing the Impact of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Taylor & Francis. pp. 166–. ISBN 978-1-317-97474-1.