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Country
  
Albania

Administrative Unit
  
Trebisht

Population
  
207 (2007)

Municipal unit
  
Trebisht

County
  
Dibër

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Municipality
  
Bulqizë

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

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History

A demographic survey of the population of the village, done in 1873, recorded the village has having 100 households with 196 male Christians residents and 120 male Muslim residents.

During the Balkan Wars, one man from the village joined the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps.

Demographics

According to a 2007 estimate, Klenjë's population was 207. Macedonian is spoken in the village.

People from Klenjë

  • Cvetan Zafir Mazniku, author in Macedonian-Albanian folklore topics
  • Sterjo Budin Budini, master builder and member of National Assembly for three consecutive legislatures (1962-1974).
  • References

    Klenjë Wikipedia