Velezha

Velezhë / Velezha 1 Veleža / Вележа 2
Basic data
State :	Kosovo 3
District :	Prizren
Municipality :	Prizren
Coordinates :	42 ° 17 '  N , 20 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 16 '44 "  N , 20 ° 44' 29"  E
Height :	372  m above sea level A.
Residents :	460 (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.

Velezha ( Albanian  also  Velezhë , Serbian Вележа Veleža ) is a village in the municipality of Prizren in Kosovo .

geography

Velezha is about five kilometers north of the city of Prizren . The Autostrada R 7 is not far from the village . Neighboring villages are north Smaç and Novaka , east Shpenadia , southwest Trepetnica and west Sërbica e Epërme .

history

After the conquest of Kosovo by the Kingdom of Serbia during the First Balkan War in 1912, the Serbian government set up a military administration on site, with Velezha becoming part of the newly created community of Novak (now Novaka ).

population

ethnicities

Church of St. Nicholas ( Kisha e Shën Nikollit ) in Velezha

The 2011 census found 460 inhabitants in Velezha, all of whom (100%) described themselves as Albanians .

Population development

census	1919	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2011
Residents	128	197	354	439	597	763	865	460

religion

453 (98.48%) are Catholics , 7 (1.52%) are Muslims .

Personalities

• Rrok Gjonlleshaj (* 1961), Roman Catholic bishop

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Sheradin Berisha: Ndarja administrative në Qarkun e Prizrenit - në vitin 1919. Archived from the original on July 24, 2008 ; Retrieved October 13, 2018 (Albanian). 
2. ↑ Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved October 12, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Kosovo censuses. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved October 12, 2018 . 
4. ^ Religious composition of Kosovo 2011. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved October 12, 2018 .