Kranë
Kranë
Κρανιά | |
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.svg)  Kranë | |
| Coordinates: 39°53′29″N 20°05′23″E / 39.89139°N 20.08972°ECoordinates: 39°53′29″N 20°05′23″E / 39.89139°N 20.08972°E | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Vlorë |
| Municipality | Finiq |
| Elevation | 65 m (213 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Kranë (definite Albanian form: Krana; Greek: Κρανιά; romanized Kraniá) is a village in Vlorë County, southern Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Finiq.[2] It is inhabited solely by Greeks.[3]
History
In antiquity it was an Epirot town, known as "Elikranon" (Greek: Ελίκρανον).[4] The ancient ruins can be seen even today. The name "Krania" is firstly mentioned in the Chronicle of the Tocco in 1412.[5] In 1856, the Greek scholar Panagiotis Aravantinos writes about the village:[6] «... a village with 15 houses, of Greek origin, the spoken language is Greek and belongs to the diocese of Delvino.»
Thimios Lolis (1880-1961) was born in the village, a Greek chieftain who fought in the Macedonian Struggle in the group of Pavlos Melas, the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus, the Balkan Wars and in the Greco-Italian War.[7] A monument to honour him exists in the village. Between 2018-19, the Thimios Lolis monument has been vandalized twice by Albanian nationalists.[8][9]
Demographics
In the Defter of the Sanjak of Delvinë from 1431-1432, 4 villages in the area of Vurgu are recorded: Finiki (Finiqi), Vurgo, Jeromi and Krajna, each with very few inhabitants. Among these villages, in the Ottoman register mentioned above typical Albanian names are attested, such as: Gjin, Reçi, Leka, Gjon, Dorza, Meksh Nika and Deda.[10]
According to a research of 1993, the village had a permanent population of 854, of which all were ethnically Greeks.[3]
References
- ^ "Location of Kranë".
- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ a b Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "Η Ελληνική Κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το Πρίσμα της Ιστορικής Γεωγραφίας και Δημογραφίας [The Greek Community of Albania in Terms of Historical Geography and Demography]" (in Greek). Εκδόσεις Σιδέρης. p. 55. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ Κ. Παπαρρηγοπούλου, "Ιστορία του Ελληνικού έθνους". vol 2. publication of National Geographic Society, 2009-2010.
- ^ E. Zachariadou, "The first thousand verses in the beginning of the Chronicle of the Tocco (Ε. Ζαχαριάδου, «Οι χίλιοι στίχοι στην αρχή του Χρονικού των Τόκκων»), Ipirotika Chronika (Ηπειρωτικά Χρονικά) 15 (1983) 158-181 (in Greek)
- ^ Panagiotis Aravantinos, Χρονογραφία της Ηπείρου : των τε ομόρων ελληνικών και ιλλυρικών χωρών διατρέχουσα κατά σειράν τα εν αυταίς συμβάντα από του σωτηρίου έτους μέχρι του 1854., Εκ του Τυπογραφείου Σ. Κ. Βλαστού, Athens 1856 (in Greek)
- ^ Θύμιος Λώλης: Ποιος ήταν ο θρυλικός οπλαρχηγός της Ηπείρου και γιατί ενοχλεί τους Αλβανούς [Thimios Lolis: Who was the legendary chieftain of Epirus and why Albanians are bothered of him], 4 December 2018, iellada
- ^ Albanian nationalists vandalise Greek monument in Northern Epirus, 4 December 2018, Daily Hellas
- ^ Albanians vandalize again Greek monument as they try to terrorize the Greek minority (photos) (Upd.), 23 July 2019, Protothema
- ^ Demiraj, Shaban (2008). "La situation ethnique-linguistique des habitants de Dropulli et de Vurgu au cours des siecles". Studia Albanica. Academy of Sciences of Albania. 1: 77–91. ISSN 0585-5047.
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Subdivisions of Finiq Municipality | ||
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Municipal Seat: Finiq | ||
| Administrative Unit of Aliko |
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| Administrative Unit of Dhivër |
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| Administrative Unit of Finiq | ||
| Administrative Unit of Livadhe | ||
| Administrative Unit of Mesopotam | ||