Finiq municipality
Sign in to saveFiniq (, , ) is a settlement, considered a town or village, and municipality in Vlorë County, in southern Albania located 8 km from the Ionian Sea and 20 km north of the Greek border. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former communes Aliko, Dhivër, Livadhja, Mesopotam, and Finiq itself. It is inhabited by ethnic Greeks and is one of two municipalities in Albania in which Greeks form a majority, alongside Dropull. The seat of the municipality is the village Dërmish. The total population is 10,529 (2011 census), in a total area of 444.28 km2.
Key facts
- Albanian settlement.name
- Finiq
- Albanian settlement.other name
- Φοινίκη (Foiniki)
- Albanian settlement.type
- m
- Albanian settlement.flag
- Flag of Finiq.gif
- Albanian settlement.emblem
- Stema e Bashkisë Finiq.svg
- Albanian settlement.image_skyline
- Finiq.jpg
- Albanian settlement.caption
- The highlands of Delvinë and the hill of Finiq, ancient Phoinike, in the center of the picture behind the plains.
- Albanian settlement.county
- Vlorë
- Albanian settlement.party
- MEGA
- Albanian settlement.mayor
- Romeo Çakuli
- Albanian settlement.area munic
- 444.28
- Albanian settlement.population as of
- 2011
- Albanian settlement.population munic
- 10,529
- Albanian settlement.population unit
- 1,333
- Albanian settlement.postal code
- 9716
- Albanian settlement.area code
- (0)895
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Finiq (, , ) is a settlement, considered a town or village, and municipality in Vlorë County, in southern Albania located 8 km from the Ionian Sea and 20 km north of the Greek border. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former communes Aliko, Dhivër, Livadhja, Mesopotam, and Finiq itself. It is inhabited by ethnic Greeks and is one of two municipalities in Albania in which Greeks form a majority, alongside Dropull. The seat of the municipality is the village Dërmish. The total population is 10,529 (2011 census), in a total area of 444.28 km2.
The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 1,333; according to the civil offices, which count all citizens including those who live abroad, was 6,780 (2011 estimate).