Parteš

The municipality consists of town of Parteš and two villages: Pasjane and Donja Budriga.

Parteskosovo.jpg|Parteš, in relation to Gjilan.

OpštinaParteš.png|Parteš municipality.

The settlements of Parteš, Donja Budriga and Pasjane are inhabited by ethnic Serbs. There are four Serbian Orthodox churches within the municipality.{{sfn|OSCE|September 2015}} There are pilgrimage sites at medieval religious ruins.{{sfn|OSCE|September 2015}} There is also one cultural center in Parteš, one in Donja Budriga, and one in Pasjane.

The economy is based mainly on dairy production and small trade.{{sfn|OSCE|September 2015}}

There are two primary schools and five secondary schools within the municipality.{{sfn|OSCE|September 2015}}

The municipality of Parteš is inhabited by ethnic Serbs. The ECMI calculated, based on 2010 and 2013 estimations, that the Parteš municipality was inhabited by 5,300 Serbs (99.96%).{{sfn|ECMI Kosovo|2013}}

According to the 2011 census, which is unreliable due to partial boycott by Serbs and other minorities,{{cite news|title=ECMI: Minority figures in Kosovo census to be used with reservations|publisher=ECMI|url=http://www.infoecmi.eu/index.php/ecmi-minority-figures-in-kosovo-census-to-be-used-with-reservations/|access-date=2017-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528122213/http://www.infoecmi.eu/index.php/ecmi-minority-figures-in-kosovo-census-to-be-used-with-reservations/|archive-date=2017-05-28|url-status=dead}} the settlement of Parteš alone had 478 residents, all of whom were Serbs (100%); the Parteš municipality had 1,787 residents, 1,785 of whom were Serbs (99.9%).{{sfn|OSCE|September 2015}} The municipality of Parteš includes the town and two villages. It is one of the Serbian enclaves in Kosovo (located outside Serb-inhabited North Kosovo), alongside five other municipalities: Gračanica, Štrpce, Novo Brdo, Ranilug and Klokot.{{sfn|ECMI Kosovo|2013}} After the Brussels Agreement of 2013, representatives of Serbia and Kosovo agreed that the municipality was to become part of the Community of Serb Municipalities.{{cite book|last1=Vukoičić|first1=Danijela|last2=Milinčić|first2=Miroljub|editor-last=Mihaylov|editor-first=Valentin|year=2020|title=Spatial Conflicts and Divisions in Post-socialist Cities|chapter=Kosovska Mitrovica as Two Parallel Cities in the Twenty-First Century|publisher=Springer|location=New York City|isbn=978-3-03061-765-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jTMPEAAAQBAJ|page=61|quote=It is planned for the Serbian Municipalities Community (SMC) to have the President, the Vice President, the Council and the Parliament that consists of ten municipalities (Northern Kosovska Mitrovica, Zvečan, Zubin Potok, Leposavić, Parteš, Ranilug, Novo Brdo, Gračanica, Štrpce, and Klokot.)}}

The municipality in planned to be included in the Community of Serb Municipalities, according to the 2013 Brussels Agreement.

The 2013 local elections, held in November, saw 2,770 voters, 63.8% of the total number of registered voters in the Parteš municipality (4,342) according to the last elections.{{sfn|OSCE|September 2015}} The elections saw the following results in the local government, the municipal assembly which has 15 seats:{{sfn|OSCE|September 2015}}

• Independent Liberal Party (SLS), 37.60%—6 seats
• Citizens' Initiative Srpska (GIS), 18.20%—3 seats
• Democratic Initiative (DI), 13.04%—2 seats
• People's Initiative (NI), 12.57%—2 seats
• Serb Citizens' Initiative Pasjane (SGI P), 6.02%—1 seat
• Serb Citizens' Initiative Donja Budriga (SGI DB), 6.02%—1 seat

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• {{cite web|title=Profile of Parteš/Partesh|date=September 2015|publisher=OSCE|url=http://www.osce.org/kosovo/88761?download=true|ref={{harvid|OSCE|September 2015}} }}
• {{cite web|title=Community Profile: Serb Community|publisher=ECMI Kosovo|year=2013|url=http://www.ecmikosovo.org/uploads/Serbcommunity1.pdf|ref={{harvid|ECMI Kosovo|2013}} }}

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• {{cite web|title=Општина Партеш|url=http://opstinapartes.com/?jezik=rs|access-date=2015-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806185921/http://opstinapartes.com/?jezik=rs|archive-date=2017-08-06|url-status=dead}}
• [http://kk.rks-gov.net/partesh Parteš Municipality]

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