Shëndre

Shëndre (Greek: Άγιος Ανδρέας; romanized: Ágios Andréas) 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] The name of the village in both languages means "Saint Andrew".

Shëndre

Agios Andreas/Agiandrias
Settlement
Shëndre
Coordinates: 39°49′19″N 20°11′46″E
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
MunicipalityFiniq
Elevation
339 m (1,112 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

History

The village has been inhabiting since antiquity, known then as "Μαιανδρία", romanized as "Maiandría".[4] Maiandria got destroyed in 168 BC by Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus. In the late 19th century, the village belonged to the kaza of Delvinë. The village in modern times had one school, but it closed after many families emigrated.

Demographics

According to Ottoman statistics, the village had 263 inhabitants in 1895.[5] The village had 446 inhabitants in 1993, all ethnically Greeks.[3] The village today has a decreased permanent population of roughly 150-175 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 Shëndre".
  2. Law nr. 115/2014
  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. Panagiotis Aravantinos, Χρονογραφία της Ηπείρου : των τε ομόρων ελληνικών και ιλλυρικών χωρών διατρέχουσα κατά σειράν τα εν αυταίς συμβάντα από του σωτηρίου έτους μέχρι του 1854., Εκ του Τυπογραφείου Σ. Κ. Βλαστού, vol. 2, p. 103-104, Athens 1856 (in Greek)
  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. 285
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