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Municipal unit in Elbasan, Albania
Lunik
Municipal unit
Lunik is located in AlbaniaLunikLunik
Coordinates: 41°17′N 20°19′E / 41.283°N 20.317°E / 41.283; 20.317
Country Albania
CountyElbasan
MunicipalityLibrazhd
Population
 • Municipal unit2,621
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Lunik is a village and a former municipality in the Elbasan County, eastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Librazhd. The population at the 2011 census was 2,621. The municipal unit consists of the villages Dranovice, Koshorisht, Kostenjë, Letëm, Lunik, Prevall and Zgosht.

Demographic History

Lunik (Lubnik) is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the vilayet of Çermeniça. It had a total of 30 households represented by the following household heads: Jovanec Porteviri, Bogdo Milloshi, Nikolla Marini, Gjurevici son of Meçi, Petër Karshuli, Dimitri Hutina, Rado brother of Dimitri, Miho son of Rajko, Petër Lonja, Miho Gërdi, Dragoi son of Lipa, Stan Ivgjeçi (possibly, Vgjeçi), Pop Shyti, Miho Koleci, Gjergji Varsaqi, Nikolla Lopësi, Lekë Shoku, Gjergj Teraku, Marko son of Papa Nikolla, Niko Stani, Kojo Bogdishi, Gjergj Pazajiti, Petko Vllahu, Petko Martini, Petko Krakoviqi, Gjure Radeci, Petko Disini, Tutko Gërdi, Petër Duldini, and Mihal Paniçeri.

Notable residents

References

  1. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6368–6369. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. 2011 census results Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Population data on Elbasan County website". Archived from the original on 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
  4. Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 138.
Subdivisions of Elbasan County
County seat: Elbasan
Municipality of Belsh
Municipality of Cërrik
Municipality of Elbasan
Municipality of Gramsh
Municipality of Librazhd
Municipality of Peqin
Municipality of Prrenjas
Subdivisions of Librazhd municipality
Municipal seat: Librazhd
Administrative unit of Hotolisht
  • Buzgarë
  • Çerçan
  • Dardhë
  • Hotolisht
  • Kokrevë
  • Vehçan
  • Vulçan
  • Xhyrë
Administrative unit of Librazhd
Administrative unit of Lunik
Administrative unit of Orenjë
  • Ballgjin
  • Floq
  • Funarës
  • Gurakuq
  • Mëxixë
  • Neshtë
  • Orenjë
  • Rinas
  • Zdrajsh
  • Zdrajsh Verri
Administrative unit of Polis
  • Gostimë
  • Gurëshpatë
  • Mirakë
  • Polis
  • Sheh
  • Vilan
Administrative unit of Qendër Librazhd
Administrative unit of Stëblevë


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