Sopik, Dropull

Sopik
Σωπική
Village
Sopik is located in Albania
Sopik
Sopik
Location within Albania
Coordinates: 40°5′10″N 20°24′46″E / 40.08611°N 20.41278°E / 40.08611; 20.41278
Country Albania
CountyGjirokastër
MunicipalityDropull
Administrative unitPogon
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code
6007

Sopik (Albanian definite form: Sopiku, Greek: Σωπική) is a settlement in Gjirokastër County, southeastern Albania. It is part of the former commune of Pogon. After the 2015 local government reform, it became part of the municipality of Dropull. A secondary border crossing point with Greece is situated near Sopik.

Name

The toponym Sopik is derived from either the Bulgarian word сoп, sop meaning 'hill, elevation' or the Serbian word сoп, sop meaning 'waterfall' with the suffix ик, ik.

Demographics

Sopik is a Greek speaking village. Inhabitants are Christians and the population was 499 in 1992. According to a 2014 report by the Albanian government, there were 670 Greeks in the village. Inhabitants who migrated from Sopik went to Athens in Greece.

References

  1. ↑ "Kodi Postar, Qarku Gjirokastër" [Postal Code, Gjirokastër County] (PDF). Posta Shqiptare. 2017.
  2. ↑ Sopik Location
  3. ↑ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  4. ↑ Ylli, Xhelal (1997). Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen. Teil 2: Ortsnamen [Slavic Loan Material in Albanian. Part 2: Placenames] (PDF) (in German). Verlag Otto Sagner. p. 169. ISBN 9783876907727. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2022.
  5. ↑ Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1967). Epirus. The Geography, the Ancient Remains, the History and the Topography of Epirus and Adjacent Areas. Clarendon P. p. 29. ISBN 9780198142539. seven Greek-speaking villages nearly 3,000 ft. above sea-level (Poliçan, Skorë, Hlomo, Sopik
  6. ↑ 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] (PDF). In Veremis, Thanos; Kouloumpis, Thodoros; Nikolakopoulos, Ilias (eds.). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [Hellenism of Albania] (in Greek). Ekdoseis Sideris. p. 57. ISBN 9789600800548. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "Fourth Report submitted by Albania pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 2 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Albania. p. 98. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  8. ↑ Sintès, Pierre (2010). La raison du mouvement. Territoires et réseaux de migrants albanais en Grèce [The reason for movement: Territories and networks of Albanian migrants in Greece] (in French). Karthala. p. 410. ISBN 9782811103903.