Maliçan Explained

Type:	v
Official Name:	Maliçan
Other Name:	Μάλτσιανη
County:	Vlorë
Municipality:	Finiq
Coordinates:	39.8147°N 20.2297°W
Elevation:	751

Maliçan (Albanian: Maliçani, Greek, Modern (1453-);: Μάλτσιανη; romanized: Máltsiani) 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]

History

The village has around 16 churches (most ruined), with the most known being the Church of Panagia, dating back to the end of the 16th century.^[4] Also Stavrianos Vistiaris is believed to be born in Maltsiani, in the 16th or 17th century.^[5]

In the late 19th century, the village belonged to the kaza of Delvinë. In April 1944 the village was burned by the Germans.

Demographics

According to Ottoman statistics, the village had 148 inhabitants in 1895.^[6] The village had 295 inhabitants in 1993, all ethnically Greeks.

External links

• The 16th century Greek-Orthodox Church of Maltsiani
• Video showing the village

Notes and References

1. Web site: Location of Maliçan.
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. 53. Greek. 1995.
4. http://www.agioritikovima.gr/monastiriakosmou/item/18559-i-ekklisia-tis-panagias-sti-maltsiani Η εκκλησία της Παναγίας στην Μάλτσιανη
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=UV1oAAAAMAAJ&q=Vistiaris Epirus, 4000 years of Greek history and civilization
6. 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. 286