Cerkovinë is a village in

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 The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the ...

, part of the former

Novoselë Novoselë is a village and a former municipality in the Vlorë County, southwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Vlorë Vlorë ( , ; sq-definite, Vlora) is the third most populous c ...

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

, 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 Gjirokastër, ...

. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality

Vlorë Vlorë ( , ; sq-definite, Vlora) is the third most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Vlorë County and Vlorë Municipality. Located in southwestern Albania, Vlorë sprawls on the Bay of Vlorë and is surrounded by the foot ...

. It is located 12 km away from Vlorë city (north direction) and 8 km away from the Adriatic seashore. The toponym of ''Cerkovinë'' is of Slavic origin, derived from ''crkva'' ("church", Bulgarian tsъrkva, tserkva) and ''-ovina'' (a locative suffix) to mean "place of churches". Cerkovinë's territory is mainly composed of hills full of hundreds of years old olive trees and vineyards. The major products of Cerkovinë are grapes and olives. The hills in front of the sea and a typical Mediterranean climate make Cerkovinë a perfect place for vineyards and olives. In Cerkovinë there is the only salt factory in Albania which has occupied a huge field from the Cerkovinë's territory between the village and the seashore. File:Cerkovine2.jpg, Cerkovina Road (leaving direction) File:Cerkovine3.jpg, "Qafa e lepurit" Hill File:Cerkovine4.jpg, "Qafa e lepurit" Hill

References

* Geographical reference. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cerkovine Populated places in Vlorë Villages in Vlorë County