Roshnik is a commune in

Berat County Berat County (; sq, Qarku Berat, italic=unset), officially the County of Berat ( sq, Qarku i Beratit, italic=unset), is a Counties of Albania, county in the Southern Albania, Southern Region of the Republic of Albania. It is the ninth largest by ...

, central

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

Berat Berat (; sq-definite, Berati) is the ninth most populous city of Albania and the seat of Berat County and Berat Municipality. By air, it is north of Gjirokastër, west of Korçë, south of Tirana, and east of Fier. Berat is located in th ...

. The population at the 2011 census was 2,513. The

Köprülü family The Köprülü family ( tr, Köprülü ailesi) was a noble family of Albanian origin in the Ottoman Empire.Ivo Banac''The national question in Yugoslavia: origins, history, politics'' , Cornell University 1988 page 292. The family hailed from th ...

of Ottoman viziers came from this municipality.

Geography

Roshnik is located in northern

and is part of

municipality. It borders the commune of

Vërtop Vërtop is a village and a former municipality in Berat County, central Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Poliçan Poliçan ''( sq-definite, Poliçani)'' is a city and a municipality situated ...

to the south,

Zhepë Zhepë is a village and a former municipality in Berat County, central Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Skrapar Skrapar ( sq-definite, Skrapari) is a municipality in Berat County, southern Al ...

to the east, Berat and

Otllak Otllak is a village and a former municipality in Berat County, central Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Berat Berat (; sq-definite, Berati) is the ninth most populous city of Albania an ...

to the west, and

Lumas Lumas is a village and a former municipality in Berat County, central Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Kuçovë Kuçovë ( sq-definite, Kuçova) is a municipality in south-central Albania. ...

to the north. Roshnik is approximately 9km (5.5mi) from the main city of Berat. It is subdivided into the following villages: Bogdan i Poshtëm, Bogdan i Sipërm, Dardhë, Karkanjoz, Kostren i Madh, Kostren i Vogël, Mimias, Perisnak, Qafë Dardhë, Roshnik Qendër, Roshnik i Vogël, Vojnik, Rabjak.

Demographics

As of the 2011 census, the municipality has 2,513 residents in 1,298 housing units, with a population density of . 535 residents, 21% of the total population, were under the age of 14. There were 288 people who were older than 65, accounting for 11% of the population. The gender ratio is roughly even, with 1,259 females and 1,254 males.

Notable person

Köprülü Mehmed Pasha Köprülü Mehmed Pasha ( ota, كپرولی محمد پاشا, tr, Köprülü Mehmet Paşa; or ''Qyprilliu'', also called ''Mehmed Pashá Rojniku''; 1575, Roshnik,– 31 October 1661, Edirne) was the founder of the Köprülü political dynas ...

References

Former municipalities in Berat County Administrative units of Berat Populated places disestablished in 2015 {{Berat-geo-stub