Maliçan

Maliçan (Greek: 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]

Maliçan

Maltsiani (Μάλτσιανη)
Settlement
Maliçan
Coordinates: 39°48′53″N 20°13′47″E
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
MunicipalityFiniq
Elevation
751 m (2,464 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

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 of 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.[3] The village today has a decreased permanent population of roughly 100-125 inhabitants, notably due to migration to Greece or other countries. Despite this, the population doubles in Easter, Summer and Christmas, as most people return to their village to celebrate or have holidays with their families.

References
  1. "Location of Maliçan".
  2. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  3. 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 Greek). Εκδόσεις Σιδέρης. p. 53. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  4. Η εκκλησία της Παναγίας στην Μάλτσιανη [The Church of Panagia in Maltsiani], agioritikovima.gr, 03/07/2012, retrieved on 19/02/2015
  5. Epirus, 4000 years of Greek history and civilization M. V. Sakellariou. Ekdotike Athenon, 1997 ISBN 960-213-371-6, p. 410
  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
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