Gorna Goricë

Coordinates: 40°53′39″N 20°54′10″E / 40.89417°N 20.90278°E / 40.89417; 20.90278
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Gorna Goricë
Gorna Gorica
Goricë e Madhe
Горна Горица
Gorna Goricë is located in Albania
Gorna Goricë
Gorna Goricë
Coordinates: 40°53′39″N 20°54′10″E / 40.89417°N 20.90278°E / 40.89417; 20.90278
Country Albania
CountyKorçë
MunicipalityPustec
Municipal unitPustec
Population
 (2000)
 • Total515
Time zoneUTC+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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  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
  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.