Çarçovë

Çarçovë
Τσαρτσόβα
Ciarshova
Municipal unit
Çarçovë is located in Albania
Çarçovë
Çarçovë
Coordinates: 40°7′N 20°32′E / 40.117°N 20.533°E / 40.117; 20.533
Country Albania
CountyGjirokastër
MunicipalityPërmet
Population
 (2011)
 • Total918
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Çarçovë (also Çarshovë) is a village, a municipal unit and a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania.

Name

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In Greek the village is known as Τσαρτσόβα (Tsartsova) or Κεράσοβο/Kerasovo.[1] In Aromanian it is known as Ciarshova.

Demographics

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The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 918.[2] The total number of registered citizens of Çarçovë is 2.969 as of 2019.[3] At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Përmet.[4] The municipal unit consists of the villages Çarçovë, Vllaho-Psilloterë, Biovizhdë, Zhepë, Draçovë, Iliar-Munushtir, Strëmbec, Pëllumbar and Kanikol.[5] The town of Çarçovë also has Greek and Aromanian communities.[1] Two villages in the former municipality of Çarçovë[6][7] are predominantly Greek speaking, in particular: Biovizhdë (Greek: Βαλοβίστα) and Vllaho-Psilloterë (Greek: Βλάχο-Υψηλοτέρα).[8] In Biovizhdë there is a significant Aromanian minority population. Their presence was originally temporary, related to their transhumant lifestyle, before becoming permanent in the village.[9] According to a 2014 report by the Albanian government, there were 245 ethnic Greeks in Vllaho-Psillotere and 200 in Biovizhde in the total number of registered citizens.[10] Some Biovizhdë Aromanians have migrated to Albanian cities.[9] In Vllaho-Psilloterë, three Muslim Albanian families used to live there with a single member from one family still remaining in the early 2010s.[8] Some Greek speakers also exist in the nearby villages of Zhepë (Greek: Ζέπο) and Draçovë (Greek: Δράκοβο).[7] The destroyed village of Mesarë located on the Albanian-Greek border was inhabited by Muslim Albanians.[8]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ a b al.], editors, Vassilis Nitsiakos ... [et (2011). Balkan border crossings : second annual of the Konitsa Summer School. Berlin: Lit. pp. 149–150. ISBN 9783643800923. "Greeks... as well as in neighbourhoods in Permet and Carshove.... Vlachs also live in mixed neighbourhoods in Permet, Carshove and Leskovik. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ 2011 census results
  3. ^ "Info Qyteti Përmet". Info Qyteti Përmet.
  4. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  5. ^ Greece – Albania Neighbourhood Programme
  6. ^ Kokolakis, Michalis (2004). Η Τουρκική Στατιστική της Ηπείρου στο Σαλμανέ του 1895 (PDF) (in Greek). Athens, Greece: Institute of Modern Greek Studies. p. 273. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  7. ^ a b Dimitropoulos, Kontsantinos-Fotios (2011). "The Social and Political Structure of Hellenism in Albania in the Post-Hotza Era". www.didaktorika.gr. Panteion University: 11, 13. doi:10.12681/eadd/23044. hdl:10442/hedi/23044. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  8. ^ a b c Nitsiakos, Vassilis (2010). On the border: Transborder mobility, ethnic groups and boundaries along the Albanian-Greek frontier. LIT Verlag. p. 80. "Çarçovë is the base of the homonymous municipality (Komuna Çarçovë), which includes nine more villages, Biovizhdë, Vllaho-Psilloterrë, Zhepe, Kanikol, Dracovë, Pëllumbar, Strembec, Iliar, Manushtir-Toranik, the first two of which are Greek speaking."; p. 254. "He use to tell us about the Muslim beys who used to live in the next settlement, Vllahi, and occupied the land as ciftlik (landed estate), while the Christian inhabitants of the two settlements would work for them as vassals. Our previous interlocutors had referred to these beys, as well as identifying three particular families. One of their descendants still lives in the village, his name is Kurani." pp. 249-263. ; p. 282. "Mesarë (destroyed Muslim Albanian village next to the border)"
  9. ^ a b Kahl, Thede (1999). Ethnizität und räumliche Verbreitung der Aromunen in Südosteuropa. Universität Münster: Institut für Geographie der Westfälischen Wilhelms. ISBN 3-9803935-7-7. p. 133. R. Rrămăn (Aromunen mit der Eigenbezeichnung Rrămăn = Farscheroten, Arvanitovlachen)"; p. 144. "Biovizhdë... hoher Anteil R, ursprünglich bodenvage Sommersiedlungen der R, vermutliches Herkunftsgebiet der Farsheroten; heute z.T. gemischte Dauersiedlungen, z.T Abwanderung in sudalbanische Stadte.";
  10. ^ "Fourth Report submitted by Albania pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 2 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Albania. p. 98. Retrieved 28 December 2018.


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