Maliçan (
Albanian: Maliçani,
Greek: Μάλτσιανη;
romanized: Máltsiani) is a small village in
Vlorë County, southern
Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of
Finiq.[2] It is inhabited solely by
Greeks.[3]
History
The village has around 16 churches (most ruined), with the most known being the Church of
Panagia, dating back to the end of the 16th century.[4] Also
Stavrianos Vistiaris is believed to be born in Maltsiani, in the 16th or 17th century.[5]
In the late 19th century, the village belonged to the
kaza of
Delvinë. In April 1944 the village was burned by the
Germans.
Demographics
According to
Ottoman statistics, the village had 148 inhabitants in 1895.[6] The village had 295 inhabitants in 1993, all ethnically
Greeks.[3]
^Μιχάλης Κοκολάκης, "
Η τουρκική στατιστική της Ηπείρου στο Σαλναμέ του 1895" στο Βασίλης Παναγιωτόπουλος, Λεωνίδας Καλλιβρετάκης, Δημήτρης Δημητρόπουλος, Μιχάλης Κοκολάκης και Ευδοκία Ολυμπίτου (επιμ.), Πληθυσμοί και οικισμοί του ελληνικού χώρου. Ιστορικά μελετήματα, Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών/Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών, Athens 2003, p. 286
1 Includes localities with a substantial ethnic Greek population, or otherwise with any kind of cultural or other type of significance, historical or current, for the Greek minority in Albania. 2 Includes individuals not necessarily of Greek ethnicity but with important contributions to Greek civilization.