Drsnik, Kosovo
| Drsnik Dërsnik | |
|---|---|
  Drsnik Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42°36′22″N 20°36′03″E / 42.60611°N 20.60083°E | |
| Country | Kosovo |
| District | District of Peć |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,770 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 32000 |
| Area code(s) | +381 |
| Car plates | 03 |
Drsnik (Serbian: Дрсник) or Dërsnik (Albanian: Dërsnik or Dërsniku) is a settlement in the Klina municipality of Kosovo.[1] During Early Middle Ages, Porphyrogenitus mentions the urban center of Desstinik.[2] Archaeological discoveries from the Roman period were made here in August 2013.[3]
Dërsnik had a Serbian majority. In June 1999 the Serbian population fled due to war. Some Serbs returned to the village after five years, on June 2005.[4] The interior of the church of St. Paraskeva, which dates back to the 16th century, was completely torched in June 1999. Some frescoes survived the fire; in 2005 funds were being collected for the church's repair and a restoration of the frescoes.[4]
In 2009 there were arson attacks on two Serbian houses in Drsnik.[5]
Population
In the 2011 census, the population was 1770.[6]
Previous census figures may not have been accurate. Data for 1991 may not reflect the correct number of Albanians that year, as they largely boycotted that census.
| Ethnic Composition | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Serbs | % | Albanians | % | others | % | Total | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 900 | 78.13% | 222 | 19.27% | 30 | 2.60% | 1152 | ||||||||||||||
| 1971 | 837 | 70.16% | 337 | 28.25% | 19 | 1.59% | 1193 | ||||||||||||||
| 1981 | 709 | 71.91% | 242 | 24.54% | 35 | 3.55% | 986 | ||||||||||||||
| 1991 | 590 | 95.78% | 12 | 1.95% | 14 | 2.27% | 616 | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | 10 | 0,56% | 1751 | 98.9% | 9 | 0.54% | 1770 | ||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Drsnik Map - Serbia and Montenegro Google Satellite Maps".
- ↑ Historiku (History) (in Albanian), Municipality of Klina
- ↑ Archaeological discoveries in Dresnik of Klina, the most intriguing discovery of the past few decades, Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport of Kosovo, 2013-08-15
- 1 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20100430001252/http://www.kosovo.net/news/archive/2005/October_31/1.html. Archived from the original on April 30, 2010. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "KPS: Pucano na kuću u naselju Ljug". B92.net.
- ↑ "Table: population - Klinë Detail settlement". REKOS 2011. Kosovo Agency of Statistics. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2013.