Ullinjas

Ullinjas
Ullinjas is located in Albania
Ullinjas
Ullinjas
Coordinates: 40°45′N 19°58′E / 40.750°N 19.967°E / 40.750; 19.967
Country Albania
CountyBerat
MunicipalityBerat
Municipal unitOtllak
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Ullinjas is a village in the former municipality of Otllak in Berat County, Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Berat.[2]

It was formerly known as Virjon, or Virion (Albanian definite form: Virjoni, Virioni) from where the Vrioni family derived its name.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Qarku komuna". Shoqata e Komunave të Shqipërisë. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6366. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ Instituti i Historisë dhe i Gjuhësisë (1970), Deuxième Conférence des études albanologiques: à l'occasion du 5e centenaire de la mort de Georges Kastriote-Skanderbeg, vol. 2, Tirana: Universiteti Shtetëror i Tiranës, p. 111