Klenjë

Klenjë Клење
Village
Klenjë
Coordinates: 41°22′04″N 20°28′11″E / 41.36778°N 20.46972°ECoordinates: 41°22′04″N 20°28′11″E / 41.36778°N 20.46972°E
Country	Albania
County	Dibër
Municipality	Bulqizë
Administrative Unit	Trebisht
Population (2007)
• Total	207
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Klenjë (Macedonian: Клење) is a village in the former Trebisht Municipality in Dibër County in northeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Bulqizë.^[1] It is situated with in the Golo Brdo region, near the border with the Republic of Macedonia.

History

A demographic survey of the population of the village, done in 1873, recorded the village has having 100 households with 196 male Christians residents and 120 male Muslim residents.^[2]

During the Balkan Wars, one man from the village joined the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps.^[3]

Demographics

According to a 2007 estimate, Klenjë's population was 207.^[4] Macedonian is spoken in the village.^[5]

People from Klenjë

• Cvetan Zafir Mazniku, author in Macedonian-Albanian folklore topics^[6]
• Sterjo Budin Budini, master builder and member of National Assembly for three consecutive legislatures (1962-1974).^[7]

References

1. Law nr. 115/2014
2. „Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г.“ Македонски научен институт, София, 1995, стр.172-173.
3. „Македоно-одринското опълчение 1912-1913 г. Личен състав“, Главно управление на архивите, 2006, стр.589.
4. "Strategic Development Plan of Trebisht Commune" (PDF). p. 4. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
5. Vidoeski, Božidar. Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik I. Skopje: MANU. 1998.
6. "Македонски голобрдски фолклор" (in Macedonian). Makedonska Nacija. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
7. (PDF) https://www.parlament.al/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/11/Ligjvenesit-Shqiptar-1920-2005.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)