Finiq

Finiq
Φοινίκη (Foiniki)
Municipality
The highlands of Delvinë and the hill of Finiq, ancient Phoinike, in the center of the picture behind the plains.
The highlands of Delvinë and the hill of Finiq, ancient Phoinike, in the center of the picture behind the plains.
Flag of Finiq
Flag
Official logo of Finiq
Emblem
Finiq is located in Albania
Finiq
Finiq
Coordinates: 39°54′N 20°3′E / 39.900°N 20.050°E / 39.900; 20.050
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
Government
 • MayorRomeo Çakuli (MEGA)
Area
 • Municipality444.28 km2 (171.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipality
10,529
 • Municipality density24/km2 (61/sq mi)
 • Municipal unit
1,333
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code
9716
Area Code(0)895
Websitebfiniq.gov.al

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]

  1. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Population and housing census - Vlorë 2011" (PDF). INSTAT. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ "Correspondence table LAU – NUTS 2016, EU-28 and EFTA / available Candidate Countries" (XLS). Eurostat. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  4. ^ "Vlora's communes". Retrieved 13 January 2016.