Mleçan

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Mleçan / Mleçani 1
Mlečane / Млечане 2
Mleçan does not have a coat of arms
Mleçan (Kosovo)
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Basic data
State : KosovoKosovo Kosovo 3
District : Peja
Municipality : Malisheva
Coordinates : 42 ° 34 '  N , 20 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 34 '17 "  N , 20 ° 45' 24"  E
Height : 651  m above sea level A.
Residents : 1,211 (2011)
License plate : 03
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.

Mleçan ( Albanian  also  Mleçani or Mleqan / -i , Serbian Млечане Mlečane ) is a village in the Kosovar municipality of Malisheva .

history

The Church of St. Nicholas of Mleçan was built in the late 16th or early 17th centuries through a collective donation from the villagers. It is one of the cultural monuments of Kosovo.

During the Kosovo war , Mleçan was attacked by Serbian forces on November 12, 1998. One resident was killed and dozen other Albanians were mistreated.

population

Population development
year Residents
1948 460
1953 478
1961 605
1971 666
1981 914
1991 1 155
2011 1 211

The 2011 census in the Republic of Kosovo showed that the village of Mleçan was home to 1,211 people, all of whom identified themselves as Albanians.

traffic

The M-9 , the main road from Pristina to Peja , passes Mleçan south of the village center. A motorway along this route to Peja , which begins between Mleçan and the western neighboring village of Kijeva , is being planned.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Црква Св. Николе. In: Споменици културе у Србији. Retrieved July 9, 2017 (Serbian).
  2. ↑ Lista e trashëgimisë cultures për mbrojte të përkoheshme. (PDF) Republika e Kosovës: Ministria e Kulturës, Rinisë dhe Sportit, p. 2 , accessed on November 13, 2016 (Albanian, No. 688).
  3. ↑ Report on the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Kosova during November 1998. Council for the Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms in Prishtina, December 9, 1998, accessed on July 12, 2017 .
  4. ↑ All places: 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2011 censuses (Kosovo division). In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved December 24, 2017 .
  5. ^ Ethnic composition, all places: 2011 census. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved December 24, 2017 .