Kudhës

Kudhës
Village
Kudhës
Coordinates: 40°5′59″N 19°49′2″E
Country	Albania
County	Vlorë
Municipality	Himarë
Municipal unit	Himarë
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Kudhës is a village on the Albanian Riviera, Vlorë County, Albania.^[1] It is part of the Himarë municipality.^[2]

Etymology

Kudhës and the river with the same name is related to the Albanian word kudh "pot, jug", therefore meaning "potter’s river, pot-shaped river". The toponym is formed with the Albanian nominal suffix --ëѕ, cf. Gjerbës, Krahëѕ.^[3]

It was recorded as Kudes in 1431 in Ottoman defters and Coudessi in 1805 by François Pouqueville.^[3]

Demographics

The village of Kudhës is inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian population.^[4]

Notable people

• Sotiris Ninis, Greek professional footballer born in Kudhës^[5]

References

1. "Location of Kudhës". Retrieved 2010-06-20.
2. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
3. A1994HydronymicaAlbania_Revised2014.pdf
4. Kallivretakis, Leonidas (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." In Nikolakopoulos, Ilias, Kouloubis Theodoros A. & Thanos M. Veremis (eds). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [The Greeks of Albania]. University of Athens. p. 51. "ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί"; p.53. "KUDHES ΚΟΥΔΕΣΙ 748 ΑΧ"
5. "17-vjecari shqiptar portier i Panathinaikos dhe shpresa e kombetares greke" (in Albanian). Shqiptarja. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2022.