Kudhës
Kudhës | |
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  Kudhës | |
| Coordinates: 40°5′59″N 19°49′2″E / 40.09972°N 19.81722°E | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Vlorë |
| Municipality | Himarë |
| Municipal unit | Himarë |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Kudhës is a village on the Albanian Riviera, Vlorë County, Albania.[1] It is part of the Himarë municipality.[2]
Etymology
[edit]Kudhës and the river with the same name is related to the Albanian word kudh "pot, jug", therefore meaning "potter’s river, pot-shaped river". The toponym is formed with the Albanian nominal suffix --ëѕ, cf. Gjerbës, Krahëѕ.[3]
It was recorded as Kudes in 1431 in Ottoman defters and Coudessi in 1805 by François Pouqueville.[3]
Demographics
[edit]The village of Kudhës is inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian population.[4]
Notable people
[edit]- Sotiris Ninis, Greek professional footballer born in Kudhës[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Location of Kudhës". Retrieved 2010-06-20.
- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ a b A1994HydronymicaAlbania_Revised2014.pdf
- ^ 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"; p.53. "KUDHES ΚΟΥΔΕΣΙ 748 ΑΧ"
- ^ "17-vjecari shqiptar portier i Panathinaikos dhe shpresa e kombetares greke" (in Albanian). Shqiptarja. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
Subdivisions of Himarë municipality | ||
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Municipal seat: Himarë | ||
| Administrative unit of Himarë |  | |
| Administrative unit of Horë-Vranisht | ||
| Administrative unit of Lukovë | ||
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