Kudhës Explained

Type:	v
Official Name:	Kudhës
County:	Vlorë
Municipality:	Himarë
Municunit:	Himarë
Coordinates:	40.0997°N 19.8172°W

Kudhës is a village on the Albanian Riviera, Vlorë County, Albania.^[1] It is part of the Himarë municipality.^[2]

Etymology

Kudhës and the river with the same name is related to the Albanian word kudh "pot, jug", therefore meaning "potter’s river, pot-shaped river". The toponym is formed with the Albanian nominal suffix --ëѕ, cf. Gjerbës, Krahëѕ.^[3]

It was recorded as Kudes in 1431 in Ottoman defters and Coudessi in 1805 by François Pouqueville.

Demographics

The village of Kudhës is inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian population.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Location of Kudhës. 2010-06-20.
2. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6376. 25 February 2022 .
3. http://www.elsie.de/pdf/articles/A1994HydronymicaAlbania_Revised2014.pdf A1994HydronymicaAlbania_Revised2014.pdf
4. News: 17-vjecari shqiptar portier i Panathinaikos dhe shpresa e kombetares greke. Shqiptarja. 2 November 2011. 24 March 2022. sq.
5. Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "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. "ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί"; p.53. "KUDHES ΚΟΥΔΕΣΙ 748 ΑΧ"

   Notable people

   • Sotiris Ninis, Greek professional footballer born in Kudhës^[4]

   References