Labova e Kryqit

Labova e Kryqit
Labova e Kryqit
	Administrative Unit
	Labova e Kryqit
	Coordinates: 40°4′25″N 20°17′30″E / 40.07361°N 20.29167°ECoordinates: 40°4′25″N 20°17′30″E / 40.07361°N 20.29167°E
Country	Albania
County	Gjirokastër
Municipality(s)	Gjirokastër
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

The Labovë e Kryqit (Labova of the Cross), alternatively known as Labovë e Vogël (Smaller Labova), or Labovë e Poshtme (Lower Labova) is a settlement in Southern Albania, which has taken the name of its famous church, the Dormition of the Theotokos Church. It is part of the Odrie subdivision of the Gjirokastër municipality, in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania.^[1]

Demographics

The village of Labovë e Kryqit is one of mixed speech (Albanian and Greek) which is inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian population that speaks Albanian as a mother tongue.^[2]^[3] Aromanians who form a significant community in the village.^[2] The Aromanian presence in Labovë e Kryqit dates to the 20th century when during the communist era of Albania they settled in the village.^[4]

Notable people

Vasileios of Dryinoupolis metropolitan bishop and member of the provisional Government of Northern Epirus (1914).

References

↑ Law nr. 115/2014 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine.
1 2 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 Nikolakopoulos, Ilias, Kouloubis Theodoros A. & Thanos M. Veremis (eds). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [The Greeks of Albania]. University of Athens. p. 51. "ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί, Β Βλάχοι"; Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί"; p.56. "LABOVA E VOGEL ΛΑΜΠΟΒΟ ΜΙΚΡΟ/Ζαππαίο 246 ΑΧ + Β"
↑ Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1967). Epirus: the Geography, the Ancient Remains, the History and Topography of Epirus and Adjacent Areas. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 209. ISBN 9780198142539. " p. 209. "Whereas Libohovë and the villages north of it are Albanian in speech, those of the plateau form the most easterly pocket of Greek speech in North Epirus. Between Libohovë and the plateau the two hamlets of Labovë (115 houses) are of mixed speech, the mother tongue being Albanian."
↑ 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. 146. "Labovë... hoher Anteil R; zu kommunischtischer Zeit angesiedelte aromunische Bevölkerungsgruppen aus südostalbanischen Gebirgen und aus Greichenland."

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[1] Law nr. 115/2014 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine.

[Kallivretakis-2] 1 2 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 Nikolakopoulos, Ilias, Kouloubis Theodoros A. & Thanos M. Veremis (eds). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [The Greeks of Albania]. University of Athens. p. 51. "ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί, Β Βλάχοι"; Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί"; p.56. "LABOVA E VOGEL ΛΑΜΠΟΒΟ ΜΙΚΡΟ/Ζαππαίο 246 ΑΧ + Β"

[Hammond209-3] Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1967). Epirus: the Geography, the Ancient Remains, the History and Topography of Epirus and Adjacent Areas. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 209. ISBN 9780198142539. " p. 209. "Whereas Libohovë and the villages north of it are Albanian in speech, those of the plateau form the most easterly pocket of Greek speech in North Epirus. Between Libohovë and the plateau the two hamlets of Labovë (115 houses) are of mixed speech, the mother tongue being Albanian."

[Kahl133146-4] 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. 146. "Labovë... hoher Anteil R; zu kommunischtischer Zeit angesiedelte aromunische Bevölkerungsgruppen aus südostalbanischen Gebirgen und aus Greichenland."