Leshnicë e Poshtme ( ''Kato Lesinitsa'') is a village in the

Vlorë County Vlorë County (; ) is one of the 12 counties of Albania with the city of Vlorë being the county capital. The county spans and has a total population of 146,681 people as of 2023. It borders the counties of Fier and Gjirokastër, as well as th ...

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, adjacent to the Greek-Albanian

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

Finiq Finiq (, sq-definite, Finiqi, ) is a settlement, considered a town or village, and municipality in Vlorë County, in southern Albania located 8 km from the Ionian Sea and 20 km north of the Greek border. It was formed at the 2015 local g ...

. It is located less than 1 km north-west of the

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border. It consists of ethnic

population.Report by the Albanian Government
, ''Framework Convention for the protection of national minorities''

98-08-18.

Geography

The village is situated on an altitude of 648 meters (2129 ft) above the sea-level.

Nearest places

* Leshnica e Sipërme *

Tsamantas Tsamantas () is a village located in Epirus. Tsamantas lies near to the border with Albania in northern Greece, in the regional unit of Thesprotia. Indeed, the Albanian border is very clearly visible from the high lofts that are Tsamantas, the hig ...

* Cerkovica

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Greek communities in Albania Populated places in Finiq Villages in Vlorë County {{Vlorë-geo-stub

Geography

Nearest places

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