Gorna Gorica

Gorna Gorica
Village
Gorna Gorica
Coordinates: 40°53′39″N 20°54′10″E / 40.89417°N 20.90278°E / 40.89417; 20.90278Coordinates: 40°53′39″N 20°54′10″E / 40.89417°N 20.90278°E / 40.89417; 20.90278
Country  Albania
County Korçë
Municipality(s) Pustec
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Gorna Gorica (Bulgarian/Macedonian: Горна Горица), previously officially known as Goricë e Madhe, is a village in the Pustec Municipality of the Korçë County in Albania.[1] It is situated west of Lake Prespa and the village of Tuminec, and northwest of the village of Dolna Gorica.

History

Gorna Gorica is the location[2] of a fortified town called Pellion[3] of the ancient Greek[4] tribe of the Dexaroi. The site later became an ancient Macedonian fortress.[5]

In the late 19th century, the village came under the Bulgarian Exarchate. According to the exarchate, the village had 33 houses and 404 Orthodox Christian residents at that time.[6] The "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne" survey by Dimitar Mishev (D. Brankov) concluded that village had 360 Bulgarian Exarchists residents in 1905.[7]

In 2013, the village's official name was changed from "Goricë e Madhe" to "Gorna Gorica".[8]

Demographics

Year Population
1900 285
1926 511 (with Dolna Gorica)
1945 201
1960 329
1969 369
1979 406
1989 489
2000 515

References

  1. ↑ Law nr. 115/2014
  2. ↑ Barrington atlas of the Greek and Roman world by Richard J. A. Talbert, 2000, ISBN 0-691-04945-9, page 755
  3. ↑ An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 326
  4. ↑ The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 6: The Fourth Century BC by D. M. Lewis (Editor), John Boardman (Editor), Simon Hornblower (Editor), M. Ostwald (Editor), 1994, ISBN 0-521-23348-8, page 423: "These Dassareti not to be confused with the Greek speaking Dexari or Dessaretae lay between the Dardani and the coastal people of the Ardiaei,"
  5. ↑ The campaigns of Alexander by Arrian, Aubrey De Sélincourt, ISBN 0-14-044253-7, 1971, page 50: "Pelium was a Macedonian border fortress"
  6. ↑ Българите в Албания I част Archived 2009-07-09 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, pp. 168-169. (in French)
  8. ↑ "Pas Pustecit, edhe 7 fshatra të Korçës me emertime maqedonase" (in Albanian). Info Arkiv. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2014.


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