Hoçisht is a village and a former municipality in the

Korçë County Korçë County (), officially the County of Korçë (), is a Counties of Albania, county in the Southern Albania, Southern Region of the Republic of Albania. It is the largest by area and the List of counties of Albania by population, fifth most p ...

, southeastern

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. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Devoll. The population at the 2011 census was 4,461.2011 census results
The municipal unit consists of the villages Hoçisht, Grace,

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, Stropan, Eçmenik, Përparimaj, Grapsh, Çipan, Borsh, Bradvicë. A Greek school was operating in the village of Hoçisht from the middle of the 19th century, until incorporation to the Albanian state, while the local Orthodox community had established a trust fund (called ''Lasso'') for the well being of the locals. In the early 20th century the town of Hoçisht hosted additional Greek educational institutions, including primary and secondary schools for boys and girls, as well as a kindergarten. During the

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, Nikolaos Dailakis, a Greek revolutionary was active in several Albanian speaking villages (Hoçisht, Grapsh and Bradvicë). In 1905, Dailakis had his hideout near Hoçisht. During the

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the local church property was confiscated by the state. Today, from the 10 Christian churches in 1967 only 5 survive: Saint Nicholas, Saints Kosmas and Damian, Saint Constantine, Saint John and Saint Kyriake. At present, a Greek language institution is functioning in the town, as part of a joint Greek-Albanian initiative. Hoçisht is described as a historically mostly Orthodox Christian town with a historic Church of Cosmas and Damien in Satrivaç that functioned as a "Christian sanctuary" which, like others, was visited by Albanian Christians and Albanian Muslims alike, as well as Roma.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hocisht Former municipalities in Korçë County Administrative units of Devoll (municipality) Villages in Korçë County