Laplje Selo (Serbian Cyrillic: Лапље Село, Albanian: Llapllaselle) is a village in the Gračanica municipality of Kosovo.[2] Laplje Selo was part of the Pristina municipality before the Gračanica municipality was created.

Laplje Selo
Laplje Selo is located in Kosovo
Laplje Selo
Laplje Selo
Laplje Selo is located in Europe
Laplje Selo
Laplje Selo
Coordinates: 42°35′48″N 21°08′27″E / 42.59667°N 21.14083°E / 42.59667; 21.14083
Location Kosovo
DistrictPristina
MunicipalityGračanica
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total892
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

It is a Serb enclave situated south of Čaglavica, and has a supermajority of ethnic Serbs. During the Kosovo War, Serbs were displaced, after more than a decade, sixteen families returned to their village, on February 6, 2010.[3] That number has since increased to just over 20 families.[4]

Various problems, some of them related to anti-Serb sentiment, persist for returnees. There is no running water,[4] and harassment takes place, such as cemetery desecration.[5][6]

Demography edit

Ethnic Composition
Year Serbs  % Romani  % others  % Total
1961 988 94.73% 43 4.12% 12 1.15% 1043
1971 1011 94.31% 58 5.41% 3 0.30% 1072
1981 1142 94.46% 58 4.80% 9 0.74% 1209
2024 1000 70.00% 50 2.00% 23 1.66% 1383

References edit

  1. ^ 2011 Kosovo Census results
  2. ^ "Laplje Selo Map | Serbia and Montenegro Google Satellite Maps". Maplandia.com. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Janine Natalya Clark (20 June 2014). International Trials and Reconciliation: Assessing the Impact of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Taylor & Francis. pp. 166–. ISBN 978-1-317-97474-1.