Dorëz is a village 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 Albania. Following the local government reform of 2015, Dorëz became a part of the municipality of Librazhd and is under the municipal unit of

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Demographic History

Dorëz (''Dorazi'') is attested in the Ottoman ''

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'' of 1467 as a settlement in the

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of Çermeniça. The village had a total of 10 households represented by the following household heads: ''Nikolla Primiqyri'', ''

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'' ''Nikolla'', ''Andrije Pishkashi'', ''Llazar Derezi'', ''Nikolla Bosida'', ''Gjergj Draksha'', ''Gjin Derezi'', ''Dimitri Pelisha'', ''Dimitri Lala'', and ''Petko Pelisha''.

References

{{Librazhd div Villages in Elbasan County Populated places in Librazhd