Çirez

Çirez
Ћирез
Ćirez
Village
Çirez is located in Kosovo
Çirez
Çirez
Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°42′50″N 20°54′07″E / 42.714°N 20.902°E / 42.714; 20.902
Location Kosovo
DistrictMitrovicë
MunicipalitySkënderaj
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
791
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Çirez (Serbian: Ћирез, Ćirez) is a village in the municipality of Skenderaj, Kosovo.

History

The village of Çirez was the site of a battle between the Kosovo Liberation Army and Serbian forces, known as the Attacks on Likoshan and Çirez. The Albanian civilians of the village were part of a massacre, in the 28th of February 1998 which marked the beginning of the Kosovo War.

Demographics

According to the 2024 national census of the Kosovo Agency of Statistics, Çirez had a population of 791 inhabitants. The population of the village is entirely Albanian.

References

  1. 1 2 "Popullsia sipas gjinisë, etnicitetit dhe vendbanimit" [Population by gender, ethnicity, and place of residence] (PDF) (in Albanian). Prishtinë: Kosovo Agency of Statistics. July 2025.
  2. ↑ Abrahams, Fred; McClintock, Michael; Cartner, Holly (1998). Humanitarian law violations in Kosovo. Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Watch. pp. 19–26. ISBN 978-1-56432-194-7.