Leshnicë e Poshtme ( ''Kato Lesinitsa'') is a village in the
Vlorë County
Vlorë County (; sq, Qarku i Vlorës) is one of the 12 counties of the Republic of Albania with the capital in Vlorë. The county spans and has a total population of 187,675 people as of 2021. It borders the counties of Fier and Gjirokastër, ...
in
Albania
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, adjacent to the Greek-Albanian
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. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality
Finiq
Finiq ( sq, Finiq or Finiqi, el, Φοινίκη, Foiniki) is a settlement, considered 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 fo ...
. It is located less than 1 km north-west of the
Greek
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border. It consists of ethnic
Greek
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population.
Report by the Albanian Government
, ''Framework Convention for the protection of national minorities''
98-08-18.
Geography
The village is situated on an altitude of 648 meters (2129 ft) above the sea-level.
Nearest places
* Leshnica e Sipërme
*Tsamantas
Tsamantas () is a village located in Epirus. Tsamantas lies near to the border with Albania in northern Greece, in the regional unit of Thesprotia. Indeed, the Albanian border is very clearly visible from the high lofts that are Tsamantas, the high ...
* Cerkovica
See also
Web site
Photos from the village
Video presentation
References
Greek communities in Albania
Populated places in Finiq
Villages in Vlorë County
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