Laplje Selo ( sr-Cyrl, Лапље Село, sq, Llapllaselle) is a village in the

Gračanica Gračanica () may refer to: Places Bosnia and Herzegovina *Gračanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a town and municipality in Tuzla *Gračanica (Bugojno), a village in Central Bosnia *Gračanica, Gacko, a village in Republika Srpska *Gračanica, Proz ...

municipality of

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

. Laplje Selo was part of the Pristina municipality before the Gračanica municipality was created. It is a Serb enclave situated south of

Čaglavica Čaglavica ( al, Çagllavicë, sr-Cyrl, Чаглавица) is a village near Pristina, Kosovo. History 2004 unrest in Kosovo During the unrests in March 2004 that occurred throughout Kosovo, 12000 Kosovo Albanian rioters tried to stor ...

, and has a supermajority of ethnic Serbs. During the

Kosovo War The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that started 28 February 1998 and lasted until 11 June 1999. It was fought by the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e. Serbia and Montenegro), which controlled Kosovo before the 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, some of them related to

anti-Serb sentiment Anti-Serb sentiment or Serbophobia ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, србофобија, srbofobija, separator=" / ") is a generally negative view of Serbs as an ethnic group. Historically it has been a basis for the persecution of ethnic Serbs. A distinctiv ...

, persist for returnees. There is no running water, and harassment takes place, such as cemetery desecration.

Demography

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Laplje Selo Villages in Gračanica, Kosovo Serbian enclaves in Kosovo