Frashër

Frashër is a village and a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Përmet.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 387.[2] The municipal unit consists of the villages Frashër, Zavalan, Ogren-Kostrec, Gostivisht, Miçan, Vërçisht, Kreshovë and Soropull.[3]

Frashër
Municipal unit
Museum of brothers Frashëri
Frashër
Coordinates: 40°22′N 20°26′E
Country	Albania
County	Gjirokastër
Municipality	Përmet
Population  (2011)
• Municipal unit	387
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

History

In June 1880 the Second Assembly of Frashër was organised by the League of Prizren.[4]

Ottoman Albanian spahis and landowners from nineteenth century Frashër owned estate properties (chiftlik) in parts of the Balkans and in particular the Thessalian plain, until its loss to Greece in 1881 leading to local economic decline and increasing reliance on agriculture.[5]

Demographics

Frashër village, which is the seat of the municipality, has a minority Aromanian population, who call the village "Farshari".[6] Their language is called fãrsherot.[7]

Notable people

• Dalip Frashëri, 19th-century poet
• Shahin Frashëri, 19th-century poet
• Abdyl Frashëri, Albanian politician
• Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet
• Sami Frashëri, Albanian writer
• Mihal Zallari, chairman of the assembly of Albania, historian and journalist
• Kristo Frashëri, Albanian historian
• Fehim Zavalani, Albanian journalist
• Mehdi Frashëri, Prime Minister of Albania

References

1. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-06-10.
2. "2011 census results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
3. Greece – Albania Neighbourhood Programme Archived March 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
4. Pollo, Stefanaq (1983). Historia e Shqipërisë: Vitet 30 të shek. XIX-1912. Akademia e Shkencave e RPS të Shqipërisë, Instituti i Historisë. p. 249.
5. Clayer, Nathalie (2007). Aux origines du nationalisme albanais: La naissance d’une nation majoritairement musulmane en Europe [The origins of Albanian nationalism: The birth of a predominantly Muslim nation in Europe]. Paris: Karthala. p. 110. ISBN 9782845868168.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
6. Ioan Caragiani (1929). Studii istorice asupra românilor din Peninsula Balcanică. Litera Internaţional. ISBN 978-973-85856-3-8.
7. Mioara Avram; Marius Sala (15 December 2013). Les presentamos la lengua rumana. Universidad de Alicante. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-84-9717-276-9.