Gjinovec

Gjinovec
Ѓиновец
Village
Gjinovec
Coordinates: 41°23′13″N 20°30′34″E / 41.38694°N 20.50944°E / 41.38694; 20.50944Coordinates: 41°23′13″N 20°30′34″E / 41.38694°N 20.50944°E / 41.38694; 20.50944
Country Albania Albania
County Dibër
Municipality Bulqizë
Administrative Unit Trebisht
Population (2007)
 • Total 314
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

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

Name

The name of the village is derived from a personal name Gjin or Gin (John) with the suffix ovec.[2]

Demographics

A demographic survey of the population of the village, done in 1873, recorded the village has having 90 households with 134 male Christians residents and 118 male Muslim residents.[3]

According to a 2007 estimate, Gjinovec's population was 314.[4] Macedonian is spoken in the village.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Law nr. 115/2014
  2. ↑ Włodzimierz, Pianka (1970). Toponomastikata na Ohridsko-Prespanskiot bazen. Institut za makedonski jazik "Krste Misirkov". p. 50. "Името е образувано со суфиксот -овец од личното име Ѓин или Гин и има госесивно значење."
  3. ↑ „Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г.“ Македонски научен институт, София, 1995, стр.172-173.
  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.
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