Settlement

Kmetoci

Municipality Gjilan

Kmetoci is in the municipality of Gjilan. A historical document from 1437 mentions the settlement under the form Chmetovzi. An Ottoman register from 1498 documents the settlement.

For 1998–99, the source documents expulsion and burning by Serbian/Yugoslav police. Archaeological traces mentioned in the study include older burial grounds. The source records migration of residents to Turkey. A later register documents the settlement.

Source

Source & further reading

Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Volume 6.

Source entry: KMETOCI

This page presents a selected part of a much more extensive published settlement study. For detailed archival references, family histories, local toponyms and the complete settlement record, consult the original volume.

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