Dhrovjan
Village in Vlorë, Albania
Dhrovjan Δρόβιανη | |
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Village | |
| 39°53′22″N 20°13′3″E / 39.88944°N 20.21750°E / 39.88944; 20.21750 | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Vlorë |
| Municipality | Finiq |
| Municipal unit | Mesopotam |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Dhrovjan (Albanian definite form: Dhrovjani; Greek: Δρόβιανη, Droviani) is a community in the Vlorë County, southern Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Finiq.[2] It is located 18 kilometers (11 mi) east of Sarandë. An ethnic Greek village, in 1967 it contained around 300 houses, divided into two Mahalle.[3] Ancient Greek coins have been excavated in the fields of Dhrovjan,[citation needed] which have provided evidence that there were once several ancient Greek temples in the area[according to whom?]. Dhrovjan is the burial place of Harold 'Bill' Sykes, a British bi-plane pilot shot down in November 1940.
Dhrovjan is inhabited solely by Greeks.[4]
Notable people
References
- ^ Geonames. "Location of Dhrovjan". Retrieved 3 September 2010.
- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond (1967). Epirus: the geography, the ancient remains, the history and topography of Epirus and adjacent areas. Clarendon P. p. 120.
- ^ Καλλιβρετάκης, Λεωνίδας (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], p. 55, ISBN 978-960-08-0054-8, retrieved 2021-10-07
External links
- Site of the Union of Drovianites (in Greek)
- Bi-plane Fighter Aces
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Subdivisions of Finiq Municipality
Municipal Seat: Finiq
- Aliko
- Çaush
- Dritas
- Halo
- Jermë
- Neohor
- Pllakë
- Rahullë
- Tremul
- Vurgu i Ri
- Cerkovicë
- Dermish
- Dhivër
- Janicat
- Leshnicë e Poshtme
- Leshnicë e Sipërme
- Llupsat
- Maliçan
- Memoraq
- Navaricë
- Rumanxë
- Shëndre
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