Vrion, Sarandë

{{other uses|Vrioni}}

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Vrion ({{lang-sq-definite|Vrioni}}; {{Langx|el|Βρυώνι}}) is a village in Vlorë County, southwestern Albania. It is part of the municipality Finiq.{{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 }} It is located to the east of Sarandë, next to the village of Metoq.{{cite map|title=Google Maps|publisher=Google}}{{cite map|title=Bing Maps|publisher= Microsoft and Harris Corporation Earthstar Geographics LLC}}

Vrion is inhabited solely by Greeks.{{cite web|last1=Kallivretakis|first1=Leonidas|title=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]|url=http://helios-eie.ekt.gr/EIE/handle/10442/8696|publisher=Εκδόσεις Σιδέρης|accessdate=2 February 2015|page=55|language=Greek|date=1995}}

Etymology

The name of the village stems from the surname of Omer Vrioni.{{cite journal|last=Demiraj|first=Shaban|author-link=Shaban Demiraj|title=La situation ethnique-linguistique des habitants de Dropulli et de Vurgu au cours des siecles|journal=Studia Albanica|publisher=Academy of Sciences of Albania|issn=0585-5047|volume=1|year=2008|page=87}}

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