Vërmica (Prizren)

Vërmicë / Vërmica 1 Vrbnica / Врбница 2
Basic data
State :	Kosovo 3
District :	Prizren
Municipality :	Prizren
Coordinates :	42 ° 10 '  N , 20 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 9 '31 "  N , 20 ° 33' 53"  E
Height :	370  m above sea level A.
Residents :	661 (2011)
Telephone code :	+383 (0) 29
License plate :	04
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.

Vërmica ( Albanian  also  Vërmicë , Serbian Врбница Vrbnica ) is a place in Kosovo . It is located in the extreme southwest of the republic directly on the border with Albania and is part of the municipality of Prizren .

geography

View from the slopes of Koritnik over the place (August 2018)

Vërmica lies in the valley of the White Drin , which has created a breakthrough here between the two mountains Koritnik in the south and Pashtrik in the north . The river, which is around one kilometer wide at Vërmica, flows into the Fierza reservoir here  . The village is located on the southern bank of the Drin at the foot of the Koritnik.

Closest towns are Shkoza (Kosovo) in the northeast and Morina (Albania) in the southwest. The big city of Prizren is around twelve kilometers away.

Vërmica is located on the R 7 autostrada , the motorway from the Albanian border to Pristina , and the M25 national road . Beyond the border, these are continued as the A1 Autostrada . The Vërmica / Morina border crossing is the most important between the two countries.

climate

Vërmica has a temperate continental climate with an average annual temperature of 12.2 ° C and an annual total rainfall of over 900 mm. In July the average temperature is 22.3 ° C, in January 0.8 ° C.

Vërmica
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     86   4th -2     76   7th 0     74   12 3     76   17th 7th     80   23 11     53   26th 15th     48   29 16     47   29 16     70   25th 12     88   18th 8th     111   11 11     102   6th 0 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: Climate Data The climatological data are based on the monthly averages from 1982 to 2012

Vërmica Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 3.9 7.1 12.1 17.1 22.5 26.3 28.6 28.8 24.7 17.8 10.6 5.6 O 17.1 Min. Temperature (° C) -2.3 0 2.8 6.8 10.9 14.5 16.1 15.8 12.3 7.9 10.6 -0.3 O 8th Temperature (° C) 0.8 3.5 7.4 11.9 16.7 20.4 22.3 22.3 18.5 12.8 7.1 2.6 O 12.2 Precipitation ( mm ) 86 76 74 76 80 53 48 47 70 88 111 102 Σ 911 Source: Climate Data The climatological data are based on the monthly averages from 1982 to 2012

history

After the conquest of Kosovo by the Kingdom of Serbia during the First Balkan War in 1912, the Serbian government set up a local military administration . A separate municipality Vrbnica was created, which also included the villages Shkoza and Dobrushta . The community belonged to the Srez Šar of the superior Okrug Prizren . This administrative division existed until January 6, 1929, when the area became part of the newly created Vardarska banovina within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia .

population

The Autostrada R 7 at sunset over the Fierza reservoir

The 2011 census found that Vërmica was home to 661 people. Of them, 658 (99.55%) were Albanians . 658 also declared themselves Muslims . For the remaining three people there is no answer regarding their ethnic or religious affiliation.

Population development

census	1919	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2011
Residents	350	678	709	832	1168	1352	1488	661

A census carried out in 1919 recorded 68 houses with 350 - all Albanian - inhabitants in the village of Vërmica .

economy

The Univers swimming pool on the shores of Lake Fierza

Vërmica has become a transit station and rest stop for travelers thanks to the newly built motorway. With the mountains all around and Lake Fierza, the place has potential as a tourist destination. Boat tours are now offered, among other things, and several restaurants have been built on the lake shore. Representatives of Vërmicas demanded in 2015 that the Drintal or the Fierza Lake be declared a protected area, either as a national park or as a "tourist zone".

Web links

Commons : Vërmica  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Sheradin Berisha: Ndarja administrative në Qarkun e Prizrenit - në vitin 1919. Archived from the original on July 24, 2008 ; Retrieved May 20, 2017 (Albanian). 
2. ↑ Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved September 10, 2018 . 
3. ^ Religious composition of Kosovo 2011. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved May 6, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Tim Bespyatov: Kosovo censuses. In: Population statistics of Eastern Europe. Retrieved May 6, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Vërmica Pike e veçantë turistike. Ferma ime, accessed May 6, 2016 (Albanian). 
6. ↑ Vërmica do që Lugina e Drinit të shpallet park nacional. arbresh.info, May 29, 2015, accessed May 6, 2016 (Albanian).