Finiq (Albanian: Finiq, Albanian definite form: Finiqi, Greek: Φοινίκη, romanized: Foiniki) 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 government reform by the merger of the former communes Aliko, Dhivër, Livadhja, Mesopotam, and Finiq itself. It is inhabited by ethnic Greeks and is one of two municipalities in Albania in which Greeks form a majority, alongside Dropull. The seat of the municipality is the village Dërmish.[1] The total population is 10,529 (2011 census),[2] in a total area of 444.28 km2.[3]
The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 1,333;[2] according to the civil offices, which count all citizens including those who live abroad, was 6,780 (2011 estimate).[4]
^"Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ ab"Population and housing census - Vlorë 2011" (PDF). INSTAT. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
^"Correspondence table LAU – NUTS 2016, EU-28 and EFTA / available Candidate Countries" (XLS). Eurostat. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
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