Shmil is a village in the

Elbasan County Elbasan County () is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population is 266,245 (2021), in an area of 3199 km². Its capital is the city Elbasan. Administrative divisions Until 2000, Elbasan County was subdivided into four districts: Elba ...

, eastern

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 ...

. Following the local government reform of 2015, Shmil became a part of the municipality of

Elbasan Elbasan ( ; sq-definite, Elbasani ) is the fourth most populous city of Albania and seat of Elbasan County and Elbasan Municipality. It lies to the north of the river Shkumbin between the Skanderbeg Mountains and the Myzeqe Plain in central ...

and is under the municipal unit of

Labinot-Mal Labinot-Mal is a village and a former municipality in the Elbasan County, central Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Elbasan. The population at the 2011 census was 5,291.

Demographic History

Shmil (''Shëmill'') is attested in the Ottoman '' defter'' of 1467 as a settlement in the

vilayet A vilayet ( ota, , "province"), also known by #Names, various other names, was a first-order administrative division of the later Ottoman Empire. It was introduced in the Vilayet Law of 21 January 1867, part of the Tanzimat reform movement init ...

of Çermeniça. It had a total of 42 households represented by the following household heads: ''Ashtin Dislini'', ''Petër Padisi'', ''Gjergj Malakasi'', ''Gjergj Këpota'', ''Gjergj Gatoni'', ''Gjon Mazhi'', ''Lekë Maxi'', ''Gjergj Kokla'', ''Ilija Shkifata'', ''Gjon Çifuti'', ''Gjon Shqipfata'', ''Lekë Padisi'', ''Gjon Torko'', ''Gjin Martini'', ''Gjergj Barçi'', ''Shogon Kargaçini'', ''Petër Shëmilli'', ''Gjin Barçini'', '' Dom'' ''Progoni'', ''Gjin Mazi'', ''Gjergj Mazaraku'' (''Mazreku''), ''Vlash Mirili'', ''Gjon Çkifaton'', ''Gjergj Shokoni'', ''Mekshe Lopësi'', ''Nikolla Shëmilli'', ''Gjergj Korvallani'', ''Martin Ivgjeçi'', ''Gjergj Bobokoni'', ''Gjon Palini'', ''Progoni Ishkurtë'' (''i shkurt'', "the short"), ''Bard Bosini'', ''Gjergj Bulimiri'', ''Nikolla Manesi'', ''Andreja Shëmill Primiqyri'', ''Petër Nestra'', ''Progon Dom Shpani'', ''Tanush Borizini'', ''Nikolla Ishkurtë'', ''Petër Shkifaton'', ''Martin Berbati'', and ''Skljafirini''.

References

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