Pllakë Explained

Type:	v
Official Name:	Pllakë
Other Name:	Πλάκα
County:	Vlorë
Municipality:	Finiq
Coordinates:	39.8092°N 20.0811°W
Elevation:	60
Website:	www.plakabh.blogspot.com

Pllakë (Albanian: Pllaka; Greek, Modern (1453-);: Πλάκα; romanized: Pláka) is a 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] The village was formerly known as Memushbej (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Μεμούσβεη).

Etymology

The former name of the village was of Albanian origin: Memushbej.^[4]

Demographics

According to Ottoman statistics, the village had 71 inhabitants in 1895.^[5] The village had 489 inhabitants in 1993, all ethnically Greeks.

External links

• From Vurgu i Ri (Kainourio) to Plaka by car
• Locals celebrating the Dormition of the Mother of God, 2014

Notes and References

1. Web site: Location of Pllakë.
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. 287