Dardhas

Dardhas
Municipal unit
Top to bottom, left to right: The centre of Dardhas, The municipality hall of Dardhas, The artificial lake of Dardhas
Dardhas is located in Albania
Dardhas
Dardhas
Coordinates: 40°51′N 20°40′E / 40.850°N 20.667°E / 40.850; 20.667
Country Albania
CountyKorçë
MunicipalityPogradec
Population
 (2011[1])
 • Municipal unit
2,182
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code
7309
Area Code(0)869

Dardhas is an administrative unit in the municipality of Pogradec, Korçë County, Albania.[2][3] The village of Dardhas is the seat of the eponymous unit and consist of the adjacent villages of Derdushë, Grunjas, Lekas, Niçë, Osnat, Prenisht, Stërkanj and Stropckë.[3] The etymological origin of the village name comes from the Albanian word for pear “Dardhë”, this is a common place name in Albanian inhabited lands.

References

  1. ^ "Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave/ Population and Housing Census–Korçë 2011" (PDF) (in Albanian). Tirana: Instituti i Statistikës (INSTAT). p. 86. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Bashkia Pogradec". Albanian Association of Municipalities (AAM). Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6372–6373. Retrieved 25 February 2022.