Vrinë

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Vrinë ({{lang-sq-definite|Vrina}}; {{Langx|el|Βρίνα}}) is a village in the former Xarrë municipality, Vlorë County in Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Konispol.{{cite web |url=https://www.vendime.al/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/137-2014.pdf |title=Law nr. 115/2014 |language=sq |pages=6376|access-date=25 February 2022 }}

Name

The name of the village is of Greek origin: Vrina ({{langx|el|Βρύνα}}) defines a place of abundant vegetation and sources of water.{{cite journal |last1=Κυριαζής |first1=Δώρης |title=Ελληνικές επιδράσεις στην αλβανική: Ι. Φωνητική και μορφολογική προσαρμογή των ελληνικών δανείων: ΙΙ. Λεξικό των ελληνικών δανείων της αλβανικής |journal=didaktorika.gr |date=2001 |doi=10.12681/eadd/22897 |url=http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/22897 |access-date=23 May 2023 |publisher=University of Thessaloniki |language=el|page= 329}}

Demographics

Vrinë is a new village established during the communist period and is populated by Albanians (718): 400 Muslim and 318 Orthodox, as well as by Greeks (300).Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "[http://helios-eie.ekt.gr/EIE/handle/10442/8696 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 Nikolakopoulos, Ilias, Kouloubis Theodoros A. & Thanos M. Veremis (eds). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [The Greeks of Albania]. University of Athens. p. 51. "Ε Έλληνες, ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί, AM Αλβανοί Μουσουλμάνοι, ΤΣ Τσάμηδες, Β Βλάχοι, Μ Μικτός πληθυσμός”; p.52. "XARRE TZAPA 2085 AX + αμ (200) + ε/β (50); MURSI ΜΟΥΡΣΙ (ΜΟΥΡΤΣΙΑ) 1984 AX + αμ + ε; VRINE BPINA (νέο) 1018 M (400 AM+ 318 ΑΧ+ 300 E); SHKALLE ΣΚΑΛΛΑ 619 Β + αμ + ε"

References

Category:Populated places in Konispol

Category:Villages in Vlorë County