Leshnicë e Sipërme explained

Type:	v
Official Name:	Leshnicë e Sipërme
Other Name:	Άνω Λεσινίτσα
County:	Vlorë
Municipality:	Finiq
Municunit:	Dhivër
Coordinates:	39.849°N 20.278°W

Leshnicë e Sipërme (Ano Lesinitsa) is a village in the Vlorë County in Albania near the Greek-Albanian border. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Finiq.^[1] It is inhabited solely by Greeks.^[2]

Notable people

• Nikos Katsalidas (Niko Kacalidha, b. 1949), poet and founding member of the organization of the Greek minority, Omonoia.^{[3] [4]}

Nearest places

• Leshnicë e Poshtme
• Cerkovicë
• Maliçan
• Shëndre
• Dhrovjan
• Kërrë
• Tsamantas (Greece)

External links

• Some recent photos from the village:
  • Panoramio - Photo of Ano Lesinitsa - Northern Epirus
  • Panoramio - Photo of Pano Leshnica
  • Panoramio - Photo of Agios Georgios. Pano Leshnica.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6376. 25 February 2022 .
2. 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. 58. el. 1995.
3. Frantzi. Anteia. 2006. Literature and National Consciousness of the Greek Minority in Northern Epirus. The Historical Review / La Revue Historique. 205–214. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723062935/http://www.historicalreview.org/index.php/historicalReview/article/view/204/100. 2011-07-23.
4. Web site: Intzempelis. Elpidoforos. Νίκος Κατσαλίδας: συνέντευξη στον Ελπιδοφόρο Ιντζέμπελη. diastixo.gr. Diastiho. 23 March 2016. Greek. 28 April 2015.