| Gorna Goricë
Gorna Gorica Goricë e Madhe Горна Горица | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
.svg)  Gorna Goricë | |
| Coordinates: 40°53′39″N 20°54′10″E / 40.89417°N 20.90278°E / 40.89417; 20.90278 | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Korçë |
| Municipality | Pustec |
| Municipal unit | Pustec |
| Population | |
| • Total | 515 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Gorna Goricë (Albanian: Gorna Gorica; Macedonian/Bulgarian: Горна Горица), previously officially known as Goricë e Madhe, is a village in the Pustec Municipality which is officially recognised as a Macedonian minority zone located in the Korçë County in Albania. It is situated west of Lake Prespa and the village of Tuminec, and northwest of the village of Dolna Gorica. The village is composed of ethnic Macedonians, which form part of the larger Macedonian minority in Albania.
History
Gorna Gorica is a proposed location of the ancient fortified settlement of Pelion.
In the late 19th century, the village came under the Bulgarian Exarchate. The village had 33 houses and 404 Bulgarian Orthodox Christian residents at that time. The "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne" survey by Bulgarian Exarchate secretary Dimitar Mishev (D. Brankov) concluded that village had 360 Bulgarian Exarchists residents in 1905. In March 1933, Albania deported 150 Bulgarian families from the village, after the Albanian side refused to ratify the Albanian-Bulgarian protocol of 1932.
In 2013, the village's official name was changed from "Goricë e Madhe" to "Gorna Gorica".
Demographics
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1900 | 285 |
| 1926 | 511 (with Dolna Gorica) |
| 1945 | 201 |
| 1960 | 329 |
| 1969 | 369 |
| 1979 | 406 |
| 1989 | 489 |
| 2000 | 515 |
According to Bulgarian sources, including research by a Bulgarian scientist from Albania, the local inhabitants have Bulgarian roots.
Culture
The Church of Saint Demetrius in Gorna Goricë dates from the second half of the 19th century. Restoration work began on the church in 2023.
References
- "Macedonians". 19 June 2015.
- "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6372–6373. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- Xhaxho, Manjola (2007). Minority Rights and the Republic of Albania: Missing the Implementation (Thesis). Faculty of Law, Lund University.
- "Census 2011 Data: Resident population by ethnic and cultural affiliation". The Institute of Statistics of Republic of Albania. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- Zindel, Christian; Lippert, Andreas; Lahi, Bashkim; Kiel, Machiel (2018). Albanien: Ein Archäologie- und Kunstführer von der Steinzeit bis ins 19. Jahrhundert (in German). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 401. ISBN 9783205200109.
- Българите в Албания I част Archived 2009-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
- D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, pp. 168-169. (in French)
- Paskal, Milo. Albania and the Balkan Entente. Balkan Studies 39 (1). Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1998. p. 111
- "Pas Pustecit, edhe 7 fshatra të Korçës me emertime maqedonase" (in Albanian). Info Arkiv. 17 April 2013. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- Бело Раки (Belo, Raki). Селищни имена в Мала Преспа - Албания, в: Македонски преглед, ХХХ, № 3, с. 134.
- Българите в района на Корча и Мала Преспа (Албания) - съвременна картина, Балканистичен Форум, 2005, №1-3, с. 113-129 (Pashova, Anastasija. Bulgarians in the region of Korcha and Mala Prespa (Albania) nowadays, Balcanistic forum, 2005, issue No: 1-3, pp. 113-129.)
- Vera Todorovska (1 May 2023). "Почна санацијата на ѕидовите на црквата "Свети Димитрија" во Горна Горица" [Rehabilitation work began on the walls of the Church of Saint Demetrius in Gorna Gorica]. Debar: MIA.mk.
| Subdivisions of Pustec municipality | ||
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| Municipal seat: Pustec | ||
| Administrative unit of Pustec |
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