Klenjë


Klenjë 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 Gollobordë region, near the border with North Macedonia.

History

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

Demographic history

A Bulgarian demographic survey of the population of the village, done in 1873, recorded the village as having 100 households with 196 male Bulgarian Christian residents and 120 male Muslim residents.
The inhabitants of Klenjë are speakers of a south Slavic language and the village has traditionally contained a Muslim population.
According to a 2007 estimate, Klenjë's population was 207.

People from Klenjë