Polijane, Istog
Poljane or Polanë (Albanian: Polanë, Polana; Serbian: пољае) is a village/settlement in the Istok municipality of Kosovo.[1]
36 Serb families lived in the village of Poljane before the 1999 war. In the war, the Serbs got displaced and in the subsequent decade their land got usurped.[2] The forests there have also been burned.[3]
On June 3, 2010, eight Serbs returned after 11 years.[4]
Population
| Ethnic Composition | |||||||||||||
| Year | Serbs | % | Albanians | % | others | % | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 327 | 95.34% | 16 | 4.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 343 | ||||||
| 1971 | 331 | 93.24% | 21 | 5.92% | 3 | 0.86% | 355 | ||||||
| 1981 | 276 | 93.56% | 19 | 6.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 295 | ||||||
| 1991 | 132 | 99.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.75% | 133 | ||||||
References
- ^ http://www.maplandia.com/serbia-and-montenegro/kosovo/poljane/
- ^ http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=06&dd=14&nav_id=67792
- ^ http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=04&dd=22&nav_category=113&nav_id=40834
- ^ http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=06&dd=14&nav_id=67792