Ostren

Ostren
Administrative Unit
Ostren
Coordinates: 41°25′N 20°28′E / 41.417°N 20.467°E / 41.417; 20.467Coordinates: 41°25′N 20°28′E / 41.417°N 20.467°E / 41.417; 20.467
Country Albania Albania
County Dibër
Municipality Bulqizë
Population (2011)
  Administrative Unit 3,034
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration BZ

Ostren (Macedonian: Острени, Ostreni) is a former municipality in the Dibër County, eastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Bulqizë.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 3,034.[2] It consists of 13 villages.

Education

Macedonian language courses operate in Ostren to cater for the villages in which Macedonian-speakers form a majority.[3]

References

  1. Law nr. 115/2014
  2. 2011 census results
  3. Macedonians from Golo Brdo begin to learn the Macedonian language
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