Vllaho-Psilloterë
Vllaho-Psilloterë
Βλαχοψηλοτερα | |
|---|---|
Vllaho-Psilloterë | |
| Coordinates: 40°05′17″N 20°33′46″E / 40.088064°N 20.562754°E | |
| Country | Albania |
| County | Gjirokastër |
| Municipality | Përmet |
| Administrative unit | Çarçovë |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 245 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vllaho-Psilloterë is a village in Gjirokastër County, southeastern Albania. It is located just off the SH80 highway and on the riverbank of Vjosa, 4.5km from Çarçovë and south of Biovizhdë. It has 245 inhabitants, almost entirely Greek speaking. [1] As part of the 2015 local government reform, it became part of the municipality Përmet.[2][3]
Demographics
Vllaho-Psilloterë is one of several villages in the Çarçovë area with a Greek-speaking population,. In 2014 the Albanian government registered it as an ethnic Greek village.[4][5]. Along with the 245 Greeks there were three Muslim Albanian families, with a single member from one family still remaining in the early 2010s. [6]
References
- ^ "Inhabitants". Council of Europe. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6372–6373. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ "Vllaho-Psillotera Map". GetaMap.net. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ^ Vasilēs G. Nitsiakos, ed. (2011). Balkan Border Crossings: Second Annual of the Konitsa Summer School. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 158. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ^ "Vllaho Psillotare". Orti. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ^ Dimitropoulos, Kontsantinos-Fotios (2011). "The Social and Political Structure of Hellenism in Albania in the Post-Hotza Era". www.didaktorika.gr. Panteion University: 11, 13. doi:10.12681/eadd/23044. hdl:10442/hedi/23044. Retrieved 29 June 2015.