Gruemirë

Gruemirë is a former municipality in the Shkodër County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Malësi e Madhe.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 8,890.[2]

Gruemirë
Municipal unit
Gruemirë
Coordinates: 42°12′N 19°28′E
Country	Albania
County	Shkodër
Municipality	Malësi e Madhe
• Municipal unit	113.7 km^2 (43.9 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Municipal unit	8,890
• Municipal unit density	78/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Name

It is named after the settlement of Gruemirë which in turn takes its name from the Gruemiri fis (tribe) which traditionally had its home territory in Gruemira. Gruemira is first mentioned in the cadaster of Venetian Shkodra in 1416. Traditionally, in Albanological research it has been seen as compound of grua (woman) and mirë (good). This has led to theories about the name may have been taken after the strong leadership a woman may have held among the Gruemiri in the past.[3] Another theory based in the rendering of the toponym in the defter of Scutari in 1485 as Kuruemira proposes an etymology as a compound of krua (well) + mirë (good).[4] The people of the fis and the village of Gruemirë are called Gruemiras.

Settlements

There are 15 settlements within Gruemirë.[5]

1. Boriç i Madh
2. Boriç i Vogël
3. Demiraj
4. Gjormë
5. Grilë
6. Grudë
7. Gruemirë
8. Ktosh
9. Kurte
10. Linaj
11. Omaraj
12. Mëshqerrë
13. Rrash-Kullaj
14. Vajush
15. Vorfë

References

1. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
2. "2011 census results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
3. Filipović 1982, p. 62.
4. Halimi 1986, p. 113.
5. "Komuna Gruemirë, Rrethi Malësi e Madhe" (PDF) (in Albanian). Retrieved 3 May 2012.

Bibliography

• Filipović, Milenko (1982). Among the People, Native Yugoslav Ethnography: Selected Writing of Milenko S. Filipović. Michigan Slavic Publications, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures.
• Halimi, Mehmet (1986). "Toponimet kompozitore mesjetare në të folmet e sotme shqipe [Compounds in the toponymy of modern Albania]". Gjurmime Albanologjike. Albanological Institute of Pristina. 15–16.