Finiq municipality

Finiq (, , ) 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. The total population is 10,529 (2011 census), in a total area of 444.28 km2.

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Albanian settlement.name: Finiq
Albanian settlement.other name: Φοινίκη (Foiniki)
Albanian settlement.type: m
Albanian settlement.flag: Flag of Finiq.gif
Albanian settlement.emblem: Stema e Bashkisë Finiq.svg
Albanian settlement.image_skyline: Finiq.jpg
Albanian settlement.caption: The highlands of Delvinë and the hill of Finiq, ancient Phoinike, in the center of the picture behind the plains.
Albanian settlement.county: Vlorë
Albanian settlement.party: MEGA
Albanian settlement.mayor: Romeo Çakuli
Albanian settlement.area munic: 444.28
Albanian settlement.population as of: 2011
Albanian settlement.population munic: 10,529
Albanian settlement.population unit: 1,333
Albanian settlement.postal code: 9716
Albanian settlement.area code: (0)895

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Ottoman registries
19th century
Modern demographics
Municipal Council
Notable people
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The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 1,333; according to the civil offices, which count all citizens including those who live abroad, was 6,780 (2011 estimate).

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