Greshicë Explained

Type:	mu
Official Name:	Greshicë
County:	Fier
Municipality:	Mallakastër
Coordinates:	40.55°N 66°W
Population As Of:	2011
Population Unit:	1152

Greshicë is a village and a former municipality in the Fier County, southwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform, it became a subdivision of the municipality Mallakastër.^[1] The population as recorded in the 2011 census was 1,152.^[2]

History

In 1847, Albanian rebels under Rrapo Hekali defeated Ottoman forces in Greshicë during the Albanian revolt of 1847 executing Isuf Bey Vrioni and his brother.^[3]

References

1. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6370. 25 February 2022 .
2. Web site: 2011 census results . 2015-01-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053428/http://www.instat.gov.al/media/195820/5__fier.pdf . 2016-03-04 . dead .
3. The history of Albania: a brief history Author Kristo Frashëri Publisher s.n., 1964 p.122-123