Frashër

Frashër
Administrative Unit
Frashër
Coordinates: 40°22′N 20°26′E / 40.367°N 20.433°E / 40.367; 20.433Coordinates: 40°22′N 20°26′E / 40.367°N 20.433°E / 40.367; 20.433
Country  Albania
County Gjirokastër
Municipality(s) Përmet
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Frashër is a village and a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Përmet.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 387.[2] The municipal unit consists of the villages Frashër, Zavalan, Ogren-Kostrec, Gostivisht, Miçan, Vërçisht, Kreshovë and Soropull.[3]

The name means "ash tree" in Albanian.

History

In June 1880 the Second Assembly of Frashër was organised by the League of Prizren.[4]

Demographics

Frashër village, which is the seat of the municipality, has a minority Aromanian population, who call the village "Farshari".[5] Their language is called fãrsherot.[6]

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ Law nr. 115/2014
  2. ↑ 2011 census results
  3. ↑ Greece – Albania Neighbourhood Programme Archived March 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Pollo, Stefanaq (1983). Historia e Shqipërisë: Vitet 30 të shek. XIX-1912. Akademia e Shkencave e RPS të Shqipërisë, Instituti i Historisë. p. 249.
  5. ↑ Ioan Caragiani (1929). Studii istorice asupra românilor din Peninsula Balcanică. Litera Internaţional. ISBN 978-973-85856-3-8.
  6. ↑ Mioara Avram; Marius Sala (15 December 2013). Les presentamos la lengua rumana. Universidad de Alicante. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-84-9717-276-9.
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