Vergo is a village and a former municipality in the Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform, it became a subdivision of the Delvinë municipality.[1] The population at the 2023 census was 1,214.[2]
Vergo | |
|---|---|
 The village of Fushë-Vërri in Vergo | |
.svg)  Vergo | |
| Coordinates: 40°0′N 20°1′E / 40.000°N 20.017°E | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Vlorë |
| Municipality | Delvinë |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Municipal unit | 1,214 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
The municipal unit consists of the villages Vergo, Tatzat, Kalasë, Fushë Vërri, Kopaçez, Qafë Dardhë (previously: Palavli) and Bajkaj inhabited by Muslim Albanians, and Senicë, populated by an Orthodox Albanian population, making up 94% and 6% of the total each.[3][4]
In 1779, a Greek school was founded in Vergo by Orthodox missionary, Kosmas the Aetolian.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ "Population and Housing Census, Vlorë 2023" (PDF). INSTAT. p. 109. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ Greece – Albania Neighbourhood Programme Archived March 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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; AM Αλβανοί Μουσουλμάνοι” p.54. "KOPAÇEZA ΚΟΠΑΤΣΑΣ 667 ΑΜ; VERGOJA ΒΕΡΓΚΟ 655 ΑΜ; FUSHE VERIZA ΦΟΥΣΒΕΡΙ 553 ΑΜ; SENICA ΣΕΝΙΤΣΑ 249 ΑΧ; KALASA ΚΑΛΙΑΣΑ 882 ΑΜ; ΤΑΤΖATI ΤΑΤΖΑΤΙ 295 ΑΜ; PALAVLIA ΠΑΛΙΑΥΛΗ 401 ΑΜ; BAJKAJ ΜΠΑΪΚΑ 1233 ΑΜ"
- ^ Koltsida, Athina. Η Εκπαίδευση στη Βόρεια Ήπειρο κατά την Ύστερη Περίοδο της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας [Education in Northern Epirus during the Late Ottoman Period] (in Greek). University of Thessaloniki. pp. 127, 435. doi:10.12681/eadd/23579. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
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