Vergo
Municipal unit
The village of Fushë-Vërri, Vergo,in September 2022
The village of Fushë-Vërri, Vergo,in September 2022
Vergo is located in Albania
Vergo
Vergo
Coordinates: 40°0′N 20°1′E / 40.000°N 20.017°E / 40.000; 20.017
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
MunicipalityDelvinë
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipal unit
1,844
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

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 municipality Delvinë.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 1,844.[2] 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]

A Greek school was founded in Vergo by Orthodox missionary, Kosmas the Aetolian, at 1779.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "2011 census results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  3. ↑ Greece – Albania Neighbourhood Programme Archived March 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ 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"
  5. ↑ 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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