Leshnicë e Sipërme (, ''Ano 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, ...

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

near the Greek-Albanian

border Borders are usually defined as geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities. Political borders c ...

. 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 inhabited solely by

Greeks The Greeks or Hellenes (; el, Έλληνες, ''Éllines'' ) are an ethnic group and nation indigenous to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions, namely Greece, Cyprus, Albania, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, and, to a lesser extent, oth ...

Notable people

* Nikos Katsalidas (''Niko Kacalidha'', b. 1949), poet and founding member of the organization of the Greek minority, '' Omonoia''.

Nearest places

Leshnicë e Poshtme Leshnicë e Poshtme ( ''Kato Lesinitsa'') is a village in the Vlorë County in Albania, adjacent to the Greek-Albanian borders. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Finiq. It is located less than 1 km north-we ...

* Cerkovicë * Maliçan * Shëndre *

Dhrovjan Dhrovjan ( sq-definite, Dhrovjani; el, Δρόβιανη, ''Droviani'') is a community in the Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Finiq. It is located east of Sarandë. An ethnic ...

* Kërrë *

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 ...

(Greece)

References

External links

*Some recent photos from the village:
Panoramio - Photo of Ano Lesinitsa - Northern Epirus

Panoramio - Photo of Pano Leshnica

Panoramio - Photo of Agios Georgios. Pano Leshnica.
Greek communities in Albania Populated places in Finiq Villages in Vlorë County {{Vlorë-geo-stub