Grazhdan

Grazhdan (Greek: Γριάσδανη; romanized: Griásdani) is a small village in Vlorë County, southern Albania (Northern Epirus).[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Finiq.[2] It is inhabited solely by Greeks.[3]

Grazhdan

Griasdani/Grasdani
Settlement
Grazhdan
Coordinates: 39°47′46″N 20°14′54″E
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
MunicipalityFiniq
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Demographics

According to Ottoman statistics, the village had 117 inhabitants in 1895.[4] In the "Ethnographical map of Northern Epirus" which was written while Northern Epirus was autonomous (1914), the village had a population of 260, all ethnically Greeks.[5] The village had 600 inhabitants in 1993, all ethnically Greeks.[3] The village today has a permanent population of less than 300 inhabitants, notably due to migration to Greece or other countries. Despite this, the population doubles in Easter, Summer and Christmas, as most people return to their village to celebrate or have holidays with their families.

Notable individuals

References
  1. "Location of Grazhdan".
  2. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  3. 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. 52. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  4. Μιχάλης Κοκολάκης, "Η τουρκική στατιστική της Ηπείρου στο Σαλναμέ του 1895" στο Βασίλης Παναγιωτόπουλος, Λεωνίδας Καλλιβρετάκης, Δημήτρης Δημητρόπουλος, Μιχάλης Κοκολάκης και Ευδοκία Ολυμπίτου (επιμ.), Πληθυσμοί και οικισμοί του ελληνικού χώρου. Ιστορικά μελετήματα, Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών/Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών, Athens 2003, p. 285
  5. Hellenic Army General Staff, Χάρτης Εθνογραφικός της Βορείου Ηπείρου τω 1913. Εθνολογική στατιστική της Βορείου Ηπείρου τω 1913 [Ethnographical map of Northern Epirus in 1913. Ethnographical statistics of Northern Epirus in 1913], Τύποις "Άγκυρας" - Ι. Κουμένου, Thessaloniki 1919, p. 13
  6. Greek-American Professor Nikolaos Stavrou Passes Away, December 30 2011, by Stella Tsolakidou, greekreporter.com
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