Lunik is a village and a former municipality in the

Elbasan County Elbasan County () is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population is 232,580 (as of 2023), in an area of 3199 km2. Its capital is the city Elbasan. Administrative divisions Until 2000, Elbasan County was subdivided into four districts: ...

, eastern

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. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality

Librazhd Librazhd ( sq-definite, Librazhdi) is a town and a municipality in Elbasan County, southeast Albania. The municipality was reformed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Hotolisht, Librazhd, Lunik, Orenj ...

. The population at the 2011 census was 2,621.2011 census results
The municipal unit consists of the villages Dranovice, Koshorisht, Kostenjë, Letëm, Lunik, Prevall and Zgosht.

Demographic History

Lunik (''Lubnik'') is attested in the Ottoman ''

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'' of 1467 as a village in the

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of Çermeniça. It had a total of 30 households represented by the following household heads: ''Jovanec Porteviri'', ''Bogdo Milloshi'', ''Nikolla Marini'', ''Gjurevici'' son of ''Meçi'', ''Petër Karshuli'', ''Dimitri Hutina'', ''Rado'' brother of ''Dimitri'', ''Miho'' son of ''Rajko'', ''Petër Lonja'', ''Miho Gërdi'', ''Dragoi'' son of ''Lipa'', ''Stan Ivgjeçi'' (possibly, ''Vgjeçi''), ''

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'' ''Shyti'', ''Miho Koleci'', ''Gjergji Varsaqi'', ''Nikolla Lopësi'', ''Lekë Shoku'', ''Gjergj Teraku'', ''Marko'' son of ''Papa Nikolla'', ''Niko Stani'', ''Kojo Bogdishi'', ''Gjergj Pazajiti'', ''Petko Vllahu'', ''Petko Martini'', ''Petko Krakoviqi'', ''Gjure Radeci'', ''Petko Disini'', ''Tutko Gërdi'', ''Petër Duldini'', and ''Mihal Paniçeri''.

Notable residents

Taulant Balla Taulant Balla (born 12 August 1977) is an Albanian Socialist Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Librazhd. He was first elected MP in the 2005 general election. He has held the offices of General Secretary and Parliamentary group ...

(born 1977), politician

References

Former municipalities in Elbasan County Administrative units of Librazhd Villages in Elbasan County {{Elbasan-geo-stub