Gruemirë

Gruemirë is a former municipality in the Shkodër County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Malësi e Madhe. The population at the 2011 census was 8,890.

Name

It is named after the settlement of Gruemirë which in turn takes its name from the legend of "Good women" which traditionally is translated good-mirë: women-grua (grue from dialect) and had its home territory in Gruemira. Gruemira is first mentioned in the cadaster of Venetian Shkodra in 1416. Traditionally, in Albanological research it has been seen as compound of ''grua'' (woman) and ''mirë'' (good). Another theory based in the rendering of the toponym in the defter of Scutari in 1485 as ''Kuruemira'' proposes an etymology as a compound of ''krua'' (well) + ''mirë'' (good). The people of the fis and the village of Gruemirë are called ''Gruemiras''.

Legend

The legend of "Good women"—Once upon a time on a small cottage was only one well far away from there. A women went to the well to fill water. She had a long and tired road to do. Near her house it was a man (Trim-brave) passing there that was thirsty and asked the women for water. She didn't hesitate to complete his request, even she had to go back and take water again. From that time the settlement is called "The Good Women- Gruemirë", referring to all women on that cottage.

Settlements

Gruemira is the biggest administrative unit on Albania, containing 15 settlements.
There are 15 settlements within Gruemirë.
# Boriç i Madh
# Boriç i Vogël
# Demiraj
# Gjormë
# Grilë
# Grudë
# Gruemirë
# Ktosh
# Kurtë
# Linaj
# Omaraj
# Mëshqerrë
# Rrash-Kullaj
# Vajush
# Vorfë

References

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Administrative units of Malësi e Madhe
Former municipalities in Shkodër County

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