Kudhës is a village on the

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. It is part of the

Himarë Himarë ( sq-definite, Himara; , ''Chimara'' or Χειμάρρα, ''Cheimarra'') is a Municipalities of Albania, municipality and region in Vlorë County, southern Albania. The municipality has a total area of and consists of the administrative ...

municipality.

Etymology

Kudhës and the river with the same name is related to the

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word ''kudh'' "pot, jug", therefore meaning "potter’s river, pot-shaped river". The toponym is formed with the Albanian nominal suffix --ëѕ, cf. ''

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'', '' Krahëѕ''.A1994HydronymicaAlbania_Revised2014.pdf
/ref> It was recorded as ''Kudes'' in 1431 in Ottoman defters and ''Coudessi'' in 1805 by

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Demographics

The village of Kudhës is inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian population.Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995).
Η ελληνική κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το πρίσμα της ιστορικής γεωγραφίας και δημογραφίας [The Greek Community of Albania in terms of historical geography and demography
" In Nikolakopoulos, Ilias, Kouloubis Theodoros A. & Thanos M. Veremis (eds). ''Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [The Greeks of Albania]''. University of Athens. p. 51. "ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί"; p.53. "KUDHES ΚΟΥΔΕΣΙ 748 ΑΧ"

Notable people

*Sotiris Ninis, Greek professional footballer born in Kudhës

References

Populated places in Himara Villages in Vlorë County Albanian Ionian Sea Coast Labëria {{Vlorë-geo-stub