Laplje Selo
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Laplje Selo is a village/settlement in the Gračanica
municipality of Kosovo, Serbia. Laplje Selo was part of the Pristina municipality before the Gracanica municipality was created.
It is a Serb enclave; a supermajority of ethnic Serbs. During the Kosovo War
, Serbs were displaced, after more than a decade, sixteen families returned to their village, on February 6, 2010. That number has since increased to just over 20 families.
Various problems persist for returnees. There is no running water, and harassment takes place, such as cemetery desecration.
Gracanica, Kosovo
Gračanica is a town and municipality in central Kosovo, and a Serb enclave centered around the Gračanica monastery, located ten kilometers away from Pristina...
municipality of Kosovo, Serbia. Laplje Selo was part of the Pristina municipality before the Gracanica municipality was created.
It is a Serb enclave; a supermajority of ethnic Serbs. During the Kosovo War
Kosovo War
The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence...
, Serbs were displaced, after more than a decade, sixteen families returned to their village, on February 6, 2010. That number has since increased to just over 20 families.
Various problems persist for returnees. There is no running water, and harassment takes place, such as cemetery desecration.
Population
| Ethnic Composition | |||||||||||||
| Year | Serbs | % | Romani | % | others | % | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 988 | 94.73% | 43 | 4.12% | 12 | 1.15% | 1043 | ||||||
| 1971 | 1011 | 94.31% | 58 | 5.41% | 3 | 0.30% | 1072 | ||||||
| 1981 | 1142 | 94.46% | 58 | 4.80% | 9 | 0.74% | 1209 | ||||||
| 1991 | 1281 | 92.62% | 79 | 5.71% | 23 | 1.66% | 1383 | ||||||