Zervat
Zervat
Ζερβάτι | |
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Coordinates:39°55′00″N20°17′16″E/ 39.91667°N 20.28778°E | |
Country | ![]() |
County | Gjirokastër |
Municipality | Dropull |
Elevation | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2(CEST) |
Zervat(Albanian:Zervati,Greek:Ζερβάτι;romanized:Zerváti) is a village inGjirokastër County,southernAlbania.[1]At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality ofDropull.[2]It is inhabited solely byGreeks.[3]
Name
[edit]The village received its name due to the conversion of a surname to a toponym. In the case of Zervati its name came from a certain Zervas.[4]
History
[edit]The church of the Dormition of the Virgin in Zervat was erected before the Ottoman period, c. 14th century as cross-shaped Byzantine church. It was transformed and enlarged in the 16th century.[5]It is one of the most impressive churches of the period in the region.[6]
Demographics
[edit]In the Ottoman register of 1520 for theSanjak of Avlona,Zervat was attested a village in thetimarunder the authority of Ali fromDamës.The village had a total of 199 households. The anthroponymy attested belonged almost entirely to theAlbanianonomastic sphere, characterised by personal names such asBardh,Deda,Gjin,Gjon,Kola,Leka,Progorand others. The namesGjin,GjonandDedaas personal names or patronymics make up almost half of the names of Zervat. The village also had a small numberMuslimhouseholds.[7][need quotation to verify]
The village had 603 inhabitants in 1993, all ethnicallyGreeks.[3]The village today[when?]has a permanent population of roughly 200-250 inhabitants, notably due to migration toGreeceor other countries.
References
[edit]- ^"Location of Zervat".
- ^"Law nr. 115/2014"(PDF)(in Albanian). p. 6371.Retrieved25 February2022.
- ^abKallivretakis, Leonidas (1995).Η Ελληνική Κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το Πρίσμα της Ιστορικής Γεωγραφίας και Δημογραφίας[The Greek Community of Albania in Terms of Historical Geography and Demography] (in Greek). Εκδόσεις Σιδέρης. p. 58.hdl:10442/8696.ISBN978-960-08-0054-8.Retrieved2 February2015.
- ^Giakoumis 2002,pp. 77, 117.
- ^Giakoumis 2002,pp. 24, 194.
- ^Giakoumis 2002,p. 199.
- ^Duka, Ferit (1990)."La Realite Ethnique De Dropull Dans Les Sources Historiques Du XVI Siecle".Studia Albanica.XXVII(2): 9–12.
Bibliography
[edit]- Giakoumis, Konstantinos (February 2002).The monasteries of Jorgucat and Vanishte in Dropull and of Spelaio in Lunxheri as monuments and institutions during the Ottoman period in Albania (16th-19th centuries)(PhD thesis). University of Birmingham.Retrieved8 July2018.