Gorna Goricë

Gorna Goricë

Gorna Gorica
Goricë e Madhe
Горна Горица
Gorna Goricë Gorna Gorica; Goricë e Madhe; Горна Горица
Village
	Gorna Goricë
	Coordinates: 40°53′39″N 20°54′10″E / 40.89417°N 20.90278°E
Country	Albania
County	Korçë
Municipality	Pustec
Municipal unit	Pustec
Population (2000)
• 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^[1] located in the Korçë County in Albania.^[2] 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,^[3] which form part of the larger Macedonian minority in Albania.^[4]

History

Gorna Gorica is a proposed location of the ancient fortified settlement of Pelion.^[5]

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.^[6]^{[better source needed]} 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.^[7] In March 1933, Albania deported 150 Bulgarian families from the village, after the Albanian side refused to ratify the Albanian-Bulgarian protocol of 1932.^[8]

In 2013, the village's official name was changed from "Goricë e Madhe" to "Gorna Gorica".^[9]

Demographics

Year	Population
1900	285
1926	511 (with Dolna Gorica)
1945	201
1960	329
1969	369
1979	406
1989	489
2000	515 [1]

According to Bulgarian sources, including research by a Bulgarian scientist from Albania, the local inhabitants have Bulgarian roots.^[10]^[11]

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.^[12]

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.

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[1] "Macedonians". 19 June 2015.

[2] "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6372–6373. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

[3] Xhaxho, Manjola (2007). Minority Rights and the Republic of Albania: Missing the Implementation (Thesis). Faculty of Law, Lund University.

[4] "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.

[5] 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.

[6] Българите в Албания I част Archived 2009-07-09 at the Wayback Machine

[7] D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, pp. 168-169. (in French)

[8] Paskal, Milo. Albania and the Balkan Entente. Balkan Studies 39 (1). Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1998. p. 111

[IA-9] "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.

[10] Бело Раки (Belo, Raki). Селищни имена в Мала Преспа - Албания, в: Македонски преглед, ХХХ, № 3, с. 134.

[11] 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.)

[12] 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.

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v t e Subdivisions of Pustec municipality
Municipal seat: Pustec
Administrative unit of Pustec	Cerje Dolna Gorica (Goricë e Vogël) Glloboçeni (Gollomboç) Gorna Gorica (Goricë e Madhe) Leska (Leskë) Pustec (Liqenas) Shulin (Diellas) Tuminec (Kallamas) Zrnovsko (Zaroshkë)