Bilisht

Bilisht
Municipality
Bilisht
Coordinates: 40°37′39″N 20°59′24″E / 40.62750°N 20.99000°ECoordinates: 40°37′39″N 20°59′24″E / 40.62750°N 20.99000°E
Country  Albania
County Korçë
Government
 • Mayor Valter Miza
Elevation 922 m (3,025 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 6,250
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal code 7006
Area code 0811
Car plates DV
Website www.visitdevoll.com

Bilisht (Albanian: Bilisht; Macedonian: Билишта, Bilišta) is a city in Korçë County, south-eastern Albania. It is the local capital of Devoll District. The population at the 2011 census was 6,250.[1] The city is 9 km from the border with Greece at Kapshticë. The closest Greek town across the border is Krystallopigi in the Florina regional unit. Bilisht is at about 800–850 meters above the sea level and has a continental climate with cool summers and cold winters. The football club is Bilisht Sporti.

History

The Treaty of San Stefano nearly put Bilisht and the entire Devoll area in Bulgarian territory, but, due to being superseded by the Treaty of Berlin, the town remained within the Ottoman Empire.

In 1911, the town was recorded as having 106 Bulgarian residents.[2]

Demographics

Bilisht is home to an Albanian majority and a Macedonian minority. At the 2011 Albanian local elections, the Macedonian minority succeeded in electing one councilor to the 17-member city council.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2011 census results
  2. ↑ Trajchev, Georgi. Български селища в днешна Албания, в: Отецъ Паисий, 15-31 юли 1929 година, стр.213.
  3. ↑ "List of elected councilors (2011 local elections of Albania)" (in Albanian). Central Election Commission of Albania. 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2012.

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