Grapsh
Grapsh
Γράψη | |
|---|---|
Grapsh | |
| Coordinates: 39°57′16″N 20°14′53″E / 39.95444°N 20.24806°E | |
| Country | Albania |
| County | Gjirokastër |
| Municipality | Dropull |
| Elevation | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Grapsh (Albanian definite form: Grapshi; Greek: Γράψη; romanized: Grápsi) is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Dropull.[2]
Demographics
In the Ottoman register of 1520 for the Sanjak of Avlona, Grapsh was attested a village in the region of Dropull. The village had a total of 60 households and the anthroponymy attested belonged almost entirely to the Albanian onomastic sphere, characterised by personal names such as Bardh, Deda, Gjin, Gjon, Kola, Leka, and others. The village also had a small number Muslim households.[3]
According to Ottoman statistics, Grapsh had 341 inhabitants in 1895.[4] The village is inhabited by Greeks, and the population was 512 in 1992.[5]
References
- ^ "Location of Grapsh".
- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Duka, Ferit (1990). "La Realite Ethnique De Dropull Dans Les Sources Historiques Du XVI Siecle". Studia Albanica (2): 22–23.
- ^ Μιχάλης Κοκολάκης, "Η τουρκική στατιστική της Ηπείρου στο Σαλναμέ του 1895" στο Βασίλης Παναγιωτόπουλος, Λεωνίδας Καλλιβρετάκης, Δημήτρης Δημητρόπουλος, Μιχάλης Κοκολάκης και Ευδοκία Ολυμπίτου (επιμ.), Πληθυσμοί και οικισμοί του ελληνικού χώρου. Ιστορικά μελετήματα, Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών/Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών, Athens 2003, p. 277
- ^ 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] (PDF). In Veremis, Thanos; Kouloumpis, Thodoros; Nikolakopoulos, Ilias (eds.). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [Hellenism of Albania] (in Greek). Ekdoseis Sideris. p. 58. ISBN 9789600800548. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2025.