Horë-Vranisht is a village and a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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 Gjirokastë ...

, southwestern

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. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality

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

. The population at the 2011 census was 2,080.2011 census results
The municipal unit consists of the villages Vranisht, Kuç, Bolenë, Kallarat and Tërbaç.

Name

The village was documented for the first time as Vranisht in 1274, as one of the dominions of the Kingdom of Albania. It is mentioned in the Ottoman documents of 1431-32 as Ivraniste, and with the actual form Vranisht in 1759. It was later known as ''Korvaleş'' and was the

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centre in the Korvaleş ''

kaza A kaza (, , , plural: , , ; ota, قضا, script=Arab, (; meaning 'borough') * bg, околия (; meaning 'district'); also Кааза * el, υποδιοίκησις () or (, which means 'borough' or 'municipality'); also () * lad, kaza , ...

'' (Its centre was

Koç Koç () is a Turkish word that may refer to: Surname * Ahmet Koç, bağlama artist from Turkey * Ali Yıldırım Koç (born 1967), Turkish businessman * Anıl Koç (born 1995), Turkish-Belgian footballer * Atilla Koç (born, 1946), Turkish polit ...

) in Ergiri sanjak of Yanya Vilayet before 1912).

World War II

During

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Vranisht was part of the battlefield of the

battle of Gjorm The Battle of Gjorm ( sq, Beteja e Gjormit) was a battle of the Albanian Resistance of World War II against the Kingdom of Italy. The battle took place on January 1–2, 1943, in the areas of Gjorm, Vranisht, Dukat, Tragjas and Tërbaç in so ...

, where

Albanian resistance In Albania, World War II began with its invasion by Italy in April 1939. Fascist Italy set up Albania as its protectorate or puppet state. The resistance was largely carried out by Communist groups against the Italian (until 1943) and then Germ ...

units defeated and routed the troops of the

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Demographics

According to the Ottoman defter of the 1430s there were sixteen houses at Vranisht at that time. In the 19th century the population had grown to 350 houses and 1600 people living in Vranisht. During the 1990s the population of Vranisht was lowered due to emigration. During the

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local names of the Albanians of Vranisht have been documented. The most common names documented are: Dedëgjoni, Dedëgjini, Nikhila, Lëmpali, Gjinkolli, Gjelkuca, Gjinstrati, Gjondreu, Gjikëbitri, Gjonezhi and Gjingjoni.

Notable people

*Gjon Kondi *Beqir Mete Shkurtaj * Sali Murat Hasanaj (Vranishti) * Sali Hallkokondi *Hysen Çino *Mumin Selami (Kallarat)
Meçan Qejvani
(Kallarat) * Zejnel Çelo Shakohoxhaj *Xhemil Veli Duka
Vasfi Duka
* Teki Azbi Tartari

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hore-Vranisht Former municipalities in Vlorë County Administrative units of Himara Labëria