Sheper

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Sheper
Village
Sheper Village, winter of 2007
Sheper Village, winter of 2007
Sheper is located in Albania
Sheper
Sheper
Coordinates: 40°10′17″N 20°18′21″E / 40.17139°N 20.30583°E / 40.17139; 20.30583Coordinates: 40°10′17″N 20°18′21″E / 40.17139°N 20.30583°E / 40.17139; 20.30583
Country Albania
CountyGjirokastër
MunicipalityLibohovë
Municipal unitZagori
Population
 • Total100 in winter 400 in summer
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code
6012
Area Code0883

Sheper (definite form: Sheperi) is a community in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania.[1] Sheperi is the largest village of the former Zagori municipality. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Libohovë.[2] It is mountainous village located 30 km from the city of Gjirokastër, about 800 meters above sea level. Due to heavy migration, its current population is about 100 inhabitants.[citation needed] Sheper is inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian population.[3]

Demographics[]

Sheper is inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian population and some Aromanian families.[3][4] The Aromanian presence in Sheper dates to the 20th century when during the communist era in Albania they settled in the area.[4]

Mountain Rapavica,viewed from Sheperi
Sunset in Sheper
Dhëmbëli,well-known mountain in Albania

Notable people[]

References[]

  1. ^ Location of Sheper
  2. ^ Law nr. 115/2014 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b 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. 34. "Στα πλαίσια της επιτόπιας έρευνας που πραγματοποιήσαμε στην Αλβανία (Νοέμβριος-Δεκέμβριος 1992), μελετήσαμε το ζήτημα των εθνοπολιτισμικών ομάδων, όπως αυτές συνειδητοποιούνται σήμερα επί τόπου. [As part of the fieldwork we held in Albania (November–December 1992), we studied the issue of ethnocultural groups, as they are realized today on the spot.]"; p. 51. "ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί, "; p.56 "SHEPERI ΣΕΠΕΡΗ. 253 ΑΧ".
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b 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. "Sheper... einige familie R; zu kommunischtischer Zeit angesiedelte aromunische Bevölkerungsgruppen aus südostalbanischen Gebirgen und aus Greichenland."


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