Çorrush ( sq-definite, Çorrushi) is a village in the former
Kutë
Kutë is a village and a former municipality in the Fier County, southwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Mallakastër
Mallakastër ( sq-definite, Mallakastra) is a region and a municip ...
municipality,
Fier County, southwestern
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 ...
. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality
Mallakastër.
Currently, ''Çorrush'' has 16 locally known neighborhoods; ''Hederaj'', ''Shehaj'', ''Allkomuçaj'', ''Majas'', ''Varfaj'', ''Llakaj'', ''Bajraktaraj'', ''Asllanaj'', ''Caushaj'', ''Banaj'', ''Kolaj'', ''Qendër'', ''Agaraj'', ''Kënaj'', ''Shullënjas'' and ''Zotoagaj''. All the neighborhoods are placed in a different hilltop. The Inhabitants of the village are called ''Çorrushiotë''.
Geography
''Çorrush'' highest point measures 520m at the hill ''Maja e Gjatë''.
Vjosë
The Vjosa (; indefinite form: ) or Aoös ( el, Αώος) is a river in northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania. Its total length is about , of which the first are in Greece, and the remaining in Albania. Its drainage basin is and its ave ...
river serves as a border with two other regions,
Vlorë County and
Gjirokastër County
Gjirokastër County ( sq, Qarku i Gjirokastrës) is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The total population in 2021 was 58,031, in an area of 2884 km². Its capital is the city Gjirokastër.
Administrative divisions
Until 2000, Gjirokastër ...
.
History
First attested in the Ottoman register of 1570, the village at that time was documented to have three neighborhoods, ''Moskat'', ''Kasadat'' and ''Lazarat''. Nowadays they are respectively called ''Kënaj'', ''Shullënjas'' and ''Banaj''.
In the first years of the 18th century came in ''Çorrush'', for enmity reasons, the family of Dëro Iljazi (Hadër Iljazi) from
Progonat
Progonat is a village in the former Kurvelesh municipality, Gjirokastër County, Albania. It is the largest village of upper Kurvelesh and until 1992 was the administrative center of the commune. At the 2015 local government reform it became part ...
,
Tepelenë District
Tepelenë District () was one of the 36 districts of Albania, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 newly created counties. It had a population of 32,465 in 2001, and an area of . . The family was placed in the neighborhood which now is called ''Hederaj''. ''Hederaj'' took the name from the head of this family. From the descendants of this family were later created three other neighborhoods; ''Allkomucaj'', ''Bregas'' and ''Varfaj''.
For enmity reason also came in 1880 the well known family of Caush Prifti from the village of
Hormovë
Hormovë ( sq-definite, Hormova) is a community in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tepelenë.
History
Hormovë was one of the Albanian Christian villages in the poss ...
,
Tepelenë District
Tepelenë District () was one of the 36 districts of Albania, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 newly created counties. It had a population of 32,465 in 2001, and an area of . . After the family came they were placed and formed four other neighborhoods; ''Agaraj'', ''Caushaj'', ''Zotoagaj'' and ''Asllanaj''. While neighborhood ''Bajraktaraj'' has the origin from the family of Bajraktar (Flamurtar) also from the village of
Hormovë
Hormovë ( sq-definite, Hormova) is a community in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tepelenë.
History
Hormovë was one of the Albanian Christian villages in the poss ...
, who came in the same time with the family of Caush Prifti for the same enmity reasons.
The newest neighborhood ''Qendër'' was formed after the year 1970 by the families of other neighborhoods.
Notable people
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Mehmet Shehu
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Kastriot Islami
Gallery
File:Vjosariver.jpg, Vjosa river during the hot summer days.
File:Cornfieldcorrush.jpg, Corn field in the south of the village.
File:Oliveroad.jpg, Typical view of the main road which passes through the center of the village.
File:Hederaj.jpg, Typical view of the main road of a Neighborhood.
File:Houseabandoned.jpg, Typical house of the village.
File:Griba.jpg, Typical view of the fields and Griba mountain from neighborhood Hederaj.
References
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Populated places in Mallakastër
Villages in Fier County