Brnjak

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Bërnjak / Bërnjaku 1
Brnjak / Брњак 2
Brnjak does not have a coat of arms
Brnjak (Kosovo)
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Basic data
State : KosovoKosovo Kosovo 3
District : Mitrovica
Municipality : Zubin Potok
Coordinates : 42 ° 57 '  N , 20 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 57 '16 "  N , 20 ° 32' 1"  E
Height : 1,220  m above sea level A.
Residents : 135 (2009)
Telephone code : +383 (0) 28
Postal code : 40650
License plate : 02 ( RKS ), KM ( SRB )
1  Albanian (indefinite / definite form) ,
2  Serbian (Latin / Cyrillic spelling)
3  Kosovo's independence is controversial. Serbia continues to regard the country as a Serbian province.

Brnjak ( Serbian - Cyrillic Брњак , Albanian  Bërnjak or Bërnjaku ) is a village in the municipality of Zubin Potok in northern Kosovo. It is located above the south bank of the Gazivoda Reservoir and is connected to the trunk road on the north bank by a bridge.

Bridge over the Gazivoda reservoir below Brnjak

On October 20, 2011, in the course of the customs conflict between Serbia and Kosovo in Zupče, KFOR attempted to clear blockades from tree trunks that were blocking access to the Brnjak border crossing . However, this was occupied by around 150 Serbs with a sit-in blockade.

population

Population development
year Residents
1948 531
1953 560
1961 550
1971 472
1981 272
1991 207
2009 135

In 2009 the population of Brnjak was estimated at 135. The 2011 census did not take place in the municipalities of northern Kosovo.

Individual evidence

  1. Kfor clears barricades. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . October 20, 2011, accessed October 20, 2011 .
  2. ^ Ethnic composition of North Kosovo 2009. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved January 10, 2018 .