Zminec, Albania
Zminec
Σμίνετσι | |
|---|---|
Zminec | |
| Coordinates: 39°46′59″N 20°16′17″E / 39.78306°N 20.27139°E | |
| Country | Albania |
| County | Vlorë |
| Municipality | Finiq |
| Administrative unit | Livadhe |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Zminec (Albanian definite form: Zmineci; Greek: Σμίνετσι) is a village in the former commune of Livadhe, Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality of Finiq.[1]
Name
The toponym Zminec is derived from the Bulgarian word змия, zmiya meaning 'snake' and the suffix -ьн-ец, an-ets.[2]
Demographics
The village is inhabited by Greeks and the population was 490 in 1992.[3]
References
- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997). Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen. Teil 2: Ortsnamen [Slavic Loan Material in Albanian. Part 2: Placenames] (PDF) (in German). Verlag Otto Sagner. p. 193. ISBN 9783876907727. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2022.
- ^ 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] (PDF). In Veremis, Thanos; Kouloumpis, Thodoros; Nikolakopoulos, Ilias (eds.). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [Hellenism of Albania] (in Greek). Ekdoseis Sideris. p. 52. ISBN 9789600800548. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2025.