Settlement

Përlepi (Përlepnica)

Municipality Gjilan

Përlepi (Përlepnica) is in the municipality of Gjilan. A historical document from 1381 mentions the settlement. An Ottoman register from 1455 documents the settlement with 52 households and 7 unmarried men.

For 1998–99, the source documents burning and burning by Serbian forces. The study records the settlement of 16 families during the colonisation period. Historical sources also record the settlement under the form Prilepnica.

Source

Source & further reading

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

Source entry: PËRLEPI (Përlepnica)

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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