Vurgu i Ri explained
| Type: | v |
| Official Name: | Vurgu i Ri |
| Other Name: | Καινούργιο or Καινούριο |
| County: | Vlorë |
| Municipality: | Finiq |
| Coordinates: | 39.8044°N 20.0714°W |
| Elevation: | 100 |
Vurgu i Ri (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Καινούργιο/Καινούριο; romanized: Kainoúrgio/Kainoúrio) is a village in Vlorë County, southern Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Finiq.[2] Fieldwork conducted in 1993 found that the village 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, 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 72 inhabitants in 1895.[5] The village had 460 inhabitants in 1993, all ethnically Greeks.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Location of Vurgu i Ri.
- Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6376. 25 February 2022 .
- 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. el. 1995.
- 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.
- 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
