Greshicë is a village and a former municipality in the

Fier County Fier County (; sq, Qarku Fier, italic=unset), officially the County of Fier ( sq, Qarku i Fierit, italic=unset), is a county in the Southern Region of the Republic of Albania. It is the eighth largest by area and the third most populous of the ...

, southwestern

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

Mallakastër Mallakastër ( sq-definite, Mallakastra) is a region and a municipality in Fier County, southwestern Albania. It was created in 2015 by the merger of the present municipalities Aranitas, Ballsh, Fratar, Greshicë, Hekal, Kutë, Ngraçan, Qendë ...

. The population at the 2011 census was 1,152.

History

In 1847 Albanian rebels under

Rrapo Hekali Rrapo Hekali (?-1847) was an Albanian fighter born in Hekal, Mallakaster.Fjalor enciklopedik shqiptar - Page 363 He is famous for his role in Albanian revolt of 1847 The Albanian Revolt of 1847 was a 19th-century uprising in southern Albania di ...

defeated

Ottoman Ottoman is the Turkish spelling of the Arabic masculine given name Uthman ( ar, عُثْمان, ‘uthmān). It may refer to: Governments and dynasties * Ottoman Caliphate, an Islamic caliphate from 1517 to 1924 * Ottoman Empire, in existence fro ...

forces in Greshicë during the

Albanian revolt of 1847 The Albanian Revolt of 1847 was a 19th-century uprising in southern Albania directed against Ottoman Tanzimat reforms which started in 1839 and were gradually being put in action in the regions of Albania. Background The primary aim of the Tanz ...

executing Isuf Bey Vrioni and his brother.The history of Albania: a brief history Author Kristo Frashëri Publisher s.n., 1964 p.122-123

References

Former municipalities in Fier County Administrative units of Mallakastër Villages in Fier County {{Fier-geo-stub