Grazhdan Explained

Grazhdan
Other Name:	Γριάσδανη
Type:	v
County:	Vlorë
Municipality:	Finiq
Municunit:	Livadhe
Coordinates:	39.7961°N 20.2483°W

Grazhdan (Albanian: Grazhdani; Greek, Modern (1453-);: Γριάσδανη; romanized: Griásdani) is a small village in the former commune of Livadhe, Vlorë County, southern Albania.^[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Finiq.^[2] It is inhabited solely by Greeks.^[3]

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]

Notable individuals

• Nikolaos Stavrou (1935 - 2011) (el), Greek American author and professor at Howard University.^[6]

External links

• Video showing the village

Notes and References

1. Web site: Location of Grazhdan.
2. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6376. 25 February 2022 .
3. Web site: Kallivretakis. Leonidas. 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]]. Εκδόσεις Σιδέρης. 2 February 2015. 52. Greek. 1995.
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]
6. https://usa.greekreporter.com/2011/12/30/greek-american-professor-nikolaos-stavrou-passes-away/ Greek-American Professor Nikolaos Stavrou Passes Away