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Vërnicë
Village in Dibër, Albania From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vërnicë (Bulgarian: Връбница or Върбница, Върмица, Вормица, Macedonian: Врница or Врбница) 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.[1] It is situated with in the Gollobordë region, near the border with North Macedonia.
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History
A demographic survey of the population of the village, done in 1873, recorded the village as having 30 households with 97 male Bulgarian Christian residents.[2]
In 1900, Vasil Kanchov gathered and compiled statistics on demographics in the area and reported that the village of Varbnitsa was inhabited by about 300 Bulgarian Christians.[3] The "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne" survey by Dimitar Mishev (D. Brankov) concluded that the village was inhabited by 256 Bulgarian Exarchists. There was a Bulgarian school in the beginning of 20th century in Varbnitza.[4]
During the Balkan Wars, two men from the village joined the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps.[5]
Elez Koçi was killed in the village in 1916 by Bulgarian forces.[6]
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Demographics
The village of Vërnicë is inhabited by an Albanian population which dominates demographically in the village, including the Nikolla family.[7] Other inhabitants of Vërnicë are speakers of an Eastern South Slavic[8] and the village has also traditionally contained a Torbeš population.[7] The people of the village identify as mostly Orthodox Christian’s.
The name Vërnicë has a Slavic etymology specifically South Slavic, with its name in Bulgarian being identical to the Bulgarian village of Varbnitsa,[9] similar to villages of Vrbnica etymologically as well.
According to a 2007 estimate, Vërnicë's population was 548.[10]
Daniel Nikolla a British-Albanian marketing professional and entrepreneur has origins from this village.
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References
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