Komat (Albanian definite form: Komati; Greek: Κομμάτι) is a village in the former commune of Livadhe, Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality of Finiq.[1] A 1993 study by Leonidas Kallivretakis found that the total population of the village was 309, all of them part of the Greek community in Albania.[2]

Komat
Κομμάτι
Komat is located in Albania
Komat
Komat
Coordinates: 39°46′33″N 20°9′47″E / 39.77583°N 20.16306°E / 39.77583; 20.16306
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
MunicipalityFiniq
Municipal unitLivadhe
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

History

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Komat is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1583 as a village in the Sanjak of Delvina with a total of 27 households, the majority of those being Muslim and only 10 household heads being Christian. Aside from the general Muslim and Christian anthroponyms attested in the village, Albanian personal names are also recorded: Andrea Kondi; Nikë Andrea; Nikë Kondi; Ahmet Sanik; Sinan Kondi; Nika Guka; Hasan Merusa; Ahmet Ikaqi; Mustafa Ahmet; Ali Sinani; Bajazit Ahmet; Durmish Haxhiu; Sinan Durmishi; Sinan Hasani; Hamza Abdullahu; Dedë Sinani; Ali Abdullahu; Kolep Nika; Ali Andrea; Hasa Jani; Hasan Dhima; Ahmet Mustafai; Hasan Ikaqi; Durmish Sinani; Durmish Ahmeti; Ahmet Haxhiu from Romishta.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ Καλλιβρετάκης, Λεωνίδας (1995), Η ελληνική κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το πρίσμα της ιστορικής γεωγραφίας και δημογραφίας, p. 52, ISBN 978-960-08-0054-8, retrieved 2021-02-12
  3. ^ Buharaja, Vexhi (1992). "Kazaja e Delvinës (Nga defteri osman i sanxhakut të Delvinës i vitit 1583)". Studime Historike (1–4): 146.