Crnce

Crnce or Cerrcë (Albanian: Cerrcë; Serbian: Црнце / Crnce) is a village in Kosovo, 2 km south of the town of Istok.[2]

Cerrcë

Crnce
Village
Cerrcë
Location in Kosovo
Coordinates:
Location Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]
DistrictPeja
MunicipalityIstog
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total1,248
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Geography

This village of approximately 300 households is located in north-west Kosovo on the border with Serbia.

Demographics

Except for one Catholic and one Infidel, the whole population of Crnce are defined as muslims.[3]

Economy

Crnce has approximately 766 residents of working age. Of these, 231 people describe themselves as having some sort of regular cash income. Construction work and public-sector jobs are the two greatest sources of income. The commercial agriculture and industrial sectors in Crnce have largely collapsed. Family farms are presently producing almost exclusively for their own consumption, and only two Crnce farmers report owning more than ten cows. Part of the agricultural decline is believed to be an effect of the former socialist cooperatives no longer supporting farmers with the purchase of inputs or the marketing of produce. There was a construction boom in the first few years after the war in 1999 when 90 percent of the houses in Crnce were destroyed. The largest local construction company, employing 12 people, was launched in 2000. The remainder of the private sector consists of family-run shops, taxis, and other micro-enterprises.[4]

Notable natives

Notes

  1. Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 98 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 113 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

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