Jermë Explained

Type:	v
Official Name:	Jermë
Other Name:	Γέρμα
County:	Vlorë
Municipality:	Finiq
Coordinates:	39.8375°N 20.1056°W
Elevation:	120

Jermë (Albanian: Jerma; Greek, Modern (1453-);: Γέρμα; romanized: Jérma or Gérma) is a small village in 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

In the Defter of the Sanjak of Delvinë from 1431-1432, 4 villages in the area of Vurgu are recorded: Finiki (Finiqi), Vurgo, Jeromi and Krajna (Kranéja), each with very few inhabitants. Among these villages, in the Ottoman register mentioned above typical Albanian names are attested, such as: Gjin, Reçi, Leka, Gjon, Dorza, Meksh Nika and Deda.^[4]

According to Ottoman statistics, the village had 113 inhabitants in 1895.^[5] The village had 444 inhabitants in 1993, all ethnically Greeks.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Location of Jermë.
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. 54. Greek. 1995.
4. Demiraj. Shaban. Shaban Demiraj. La situation ethnique-linguistique des habitants de Dropulli et de Vurgu au cours des siecles. Studia Albanica. Academy of Sciences of Albania. 0585-5047. 1. 2008. 77–91.
5. 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