Drenovë

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Drenova ( Albanian: Drenovë ) is a town and a municipality in southeast Albania, in the district of Korca. The village is located south of the city of Korca.

The municipality has, according to census 2011 5581 inhabitants. Local sources say the population of the municipality with 11,021 people in ( 2009). 16 % of residents are younger than 15 years old, 17 % are 65 years old or older. 448 of 2211 flats and houses in the town are empty and 330 are owned by non- residents.

Until a few decades ago, most residents still spoke Bulgarian Macedonian respectively. Today, they have become largely assimilated into the Albanian environment.

Albanian writer Asdreni ( Aleksandër Stavre Drenova ) comes from Drenova.

The village lies on the edge of the plain of Korçë to around 940 m above sea level. A. The municipality is one of two neighboring communities Korças and surrounds the city in the south. To the east of the level, the Morava Mountains ( Malet i Moravës ), the heights of up to 1800 m above sea level rise. A. achieve. The municipality includes the villages along with the main town Drenova Boboshtica, Dardha, Mborja, Morava, Qatrom, Ravonik, Turani and Zapet. According to the municipality, 28% of residents living in Mborja adjacent to Korca, and 24% in the village Drenova. Since the total of the communicated by the municipality Population ( 2009) exceeds that of the 2011 census, nearly doubled, this data should be treated with caution: Boboshtica: 1466 inhabitants; Dardha: 140; Mborja: 3095; Morava 1438; Qatrom: 867; Ravonik: 1025; Turani: 347; Zapet: no details.

In the mountains south of Drenova coal was mined during the socialism that was burned in the power plants in Korca and Maliq. The occurrence is the oldest and richest in calories of the country. Silkworms Even earlier cultivated in the region. For breeding mulberry trees were necessary, and the berries were burnt brandy ( raki mani ), for some villages of the municipality are nationally famous today.

Forests in the mountains south of the village and the mines are protected as a national park Drenova. The village is located Dardha about ten kilometers from Drenova away in the mountains at about 1300 m above sea level. A. It has a core of historical buildings and is one excursion, which also features Albania single ski lift. Other attractions in the town next to the mountains are old Orthodox churches in Boboshtica and Mborja.

In Drenova there is a maximum security prison.