Metoq

Metoq
Μετόχι
Village
Metoq is located in Albania
Metoq
Metoq
Coordinates: 39°53′0″N 20°2′44″E / 39.88333°N 20.04556°E / 39.88333; 20.04556
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
MunicipalitySarandë
Municipal unitSarandë
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Metoq (Albanian definite form: Metoqi; Greek: Μετόχι Metochi) is a village in Vlorë County, southwestern Albania. It is part of the municipality of Sarandë.[1] It is located to the east of Sarandë, next to the village of Vrion. The village is primarily inhabited by ethnic Greeks.[2]

The ruins of two ancient Greek temples were found in the vicinity of the village.[3] The village stands by the roads that connect Sarandë with the Albanian Riviera, as well as with the national road to Gjirokastër.

References

  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 [The Greek Community of Albania in terms of historical geography and demography], p. 51, ISBN 978-960-08-0054-8, retrieved 2021-10-07
  3. ^ Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond. Epirus: the geography, the ancient remains, the history and topography of Epirus and adjacent areas. Clarendon P., 1967, p. 99