Parteš

Parteš

Партеш*/Parteš* (Serbian)
*Partesh* or *Parteshi* (Albanian)
Parteš Партеш/Parteš (Serbian); Partesh or Parteshi (Albanian)
Town and municipality
	Church of the Holy Trinity in Parteš
	Emblem
	Location of the municipality of Parteš within Kosovo
	Coordinates: 42°24′07″N 21°26′01″E / 42.40194°N 21.43361°ECoordinates: 42°24′07″N 21°26′01″E / 42.40194°N 21.43361°E
Country	Kosovo
District	District of Gjilan
Settlements	3
Municipality status	19 August 2010
Government
• Provisional president	Dragan Petković (GIS)
Area
• Total	18.3 km2 (7.1 sq mi)
Elevation	473 m (1,552 ft)
Population (2013 (est.))
• Total	5,300
• Density	290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	38251
Website	kk.rks-gov.net/partesh/sr/

Parteš (Serbian Cyrillic: Партеш) or Partesh (definite Albanian form: Parteshi), is a town and municipality located in the Gjilan District of Kosovo.^[a] The municipality was established on 19 August 2010. It is inhabited by Serbs, and as of 2013, it has an estimated population of 5,300 inhabitants.

Settlements[]

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

Parteš, in relation to Gjilan.
Parteš municipality.

Culture[]

The settlements of Parteš, Donja Budriga and Pasjane are inhabited by ethnic Serbs. There are four Serbian Orthodox churches within the municipality.^[1] There are pilgrimage sites at medieval religious ruins.^[1]

Economy[]

The economy is based mainly on dairy production and small trade.^[1]

Education[]

There are two primary schools and five secondary schools within the municipality.^[1]

Demographics[]

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%).^[2]

According to the 2011 census, which is unreliable due to partial boycott by Serbs and other minorities,^[3] 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%).^[1] 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.^[2]

Demographic history
Settlement	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991
Donja Budriga	617	689	801	983	1.018	1.178
Parteš	775	878	1.009	1.203	1.274	1.513
Pasjane	1.325	1.448	1.508	1.845	1.974	2.030
Total	2.717	3.015	3.318	4.031	4.266	4.721

Politics[]

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.^[1] The elections saw the following results in the local government, the municipal assembly which has 15 seats:^[1]

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

Notes[]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognised as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states have recognised Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g OSCE & September 2015.
^ ^a ^b ECMI Kosovo 2013.
^ "ECMI: Minority figures in Kosovo census to be used with reservations". ECMI. Archived from the original on 2017-05-28. Retrieved 2017-10-24.

Sources[]

"Profile of Parteš/Partesh". OSCE. September 2015.
"Community Profile: Serb Community" (PDF). ECMI Kosovo. 2013. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links[]

"Општина Партеш". Archived from the original on 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
Parteš Municipality

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[status-1] Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognised as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states have recognised Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

[FOOTNOTEOSCESeptember_2015-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g OSCE & September 2015.

[FOOTNOTEECMI_Kosovo2013-3] ECMI Kosovo 2013.

[4] "ECMI: Minority figures in Kosovo census to be used with reservations". ECMI. Archived from the original on 2017-05-28. Retrieved 2017-10-24.

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v t Community of Serb Municipalities
North Kosovo	Leposavić North Mitrovica Zubin Potok Zvečan
Enclaves	Gračanica Klokot Novo Brdo Parteš Ranilug Štrpce

v t Municipalities of Kosovo¹
District of Ferizaj	Ferizaj (Uroševac) Elez Han (Đeneral Janković) Kaçanik Štimlje Štrpce
District of Gjakova	Deçan Gjakova Junik Orahovac
District of Gjilan	Gjilan Kamenica Klokot Parteš Ranilug Vitina
District of Mitrovica	Leposavić Mitrovica North Mitrovica Skenderaj (Srbica) Vučitrn Zubin Potok Zvečan
District of Peja	Peja (Peć) Istok Klina
District of Pristina	Drenas Kosovo Polje (Fushë Kosovë) Gračanica Obilić Lipljan Novo Brdo Podujevo Pristina
District of Prizren	Mališevo Mamuša Prizren Dragaš Suva Reka
¹ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognised as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states have recognised Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.