Libofshë
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Libofshë is a village and a former municipality in the Fier County, southwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Fier.{{cite web |url=https://www.vendime.al/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/137-2014.pdf |title=Law nr. 115/2014 |language=sq |pages=6370|access-date=25 February 2022 }} The population at the 2011 census was 6,149.[http://www.instat.gov.al/media/195820/5__fier.pdf 2011 census results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053428/http://www.instat.gov.al/media/195820/5__fier.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }}
Culture
The village is home to about 15 churches,{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.al/ne-fshatin-me-15-kisha-aty-ku-vendasit-i-falin-zotit-jeten-e-tokes-dhe-te-parajses/|title=Në fshatin me 15 kisha, aty ku vendasit i falin Zotit jetën e tokës dhe të parajsës|publisher=ABC News Albania|access-date=2024-06-18}} the oldest being the Orthodox Church of Saint George, built in 1776.{{Cite web|url=https://my-albania.org/news/church-of-saint-george-libofshe-1776|title=The Church of Saint George, Libofshë (1776)|publisher=My Albania|access-date=2024-06-18}} Bosniaks from settlements in Shijak and Durrës in 1924 went and settled in the village of Libofshë where they have mostly become linguistically integrated.{{Cite book |last1=Steinke |first1=Klaus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zeLingEACAAJ&q=Die+slavischen+Minderheiten+in+Albanien+(SMA).+4.+Teil:+Vraka+-+Borakaj |title=Die slavischen Minderheiten in Albanien (SMA): T. Vraka, Borakaj |last2=Ylli |first2=Xhelal |date=2007 |publisher=O. Sagner |isbn=978-3-86688-363-5 |language=de}}
References
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Category:Former municipalities in Fier County
Category:Administrative units of Fier
Category:Villages in Fier County
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