Nartë

Nartë
Village
Nartë
Coordinates: 40°29′57″N 19°27′26″E / 40.49917°N 19.45722°ECoordinates: 40°29′57″N 19°27′26″E / 40.49917°N 19.45722°E
Country	Albania
County	Vlorë
Municipality	Vlorë
Administrative Unit	Qendër Vlorë
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Nartë (definite Albanian form: Narta, Greek: Άρτα or Παλαιοάρτα Arta, Palioarta)^[1] is a community in Vlorë County. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Vlorë.^[2] It is situated northwest of the city of Vlorë.

The local population are predominantly Greeks,^[3] using a distinct idiom of modern Greek. One of the local tourist attractions is the annual three-day festival.^[4] An Orthodox church lies on the center of the village.^[3]

The surrounding region has many salt marshes. Narta Lagoon, which hosts a unique ecosystem, lies north of the village.^[5]

At 1873 a Greek school was funded in the village. Greek education was expanding with the opening of a girls' school and a kindergarten in the 1912-1913 school season.^[6]

References

1. Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière, Hammond (1967). Epirus: the Geography, the Ancient Remains, the History and Topography of Epirus and Adjacent Areas. Clarendon P. p. 131. ...Greek speaking village of Arta or Palioarta, as it is called locally (incorrectly Narte on the staff map)
2. Law nr. 115/2014
3. Genuario Belmonte; Salvatore Moscatello; Anna Maria Miglietta; Bilal Shkurtaj (2008). "Ecotourism in Albania: the proposal of naturalistic routes in the Vlora region". Thalassia Salentina. 31 (1). doi:10.1285/i15910725v31p13.
4. Gloyer Gillian (2008). The Bradt Travel Guide Albania. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 211. ISBN 978-1-84162-246-0.
5. Council of Europe, Albania. Ministry of Health and Environment (1995). Protection of coastal areas of the Adriatic Sea: proceedings : colloquy organised within the framework of European Nature Conservation Year 1995 in co-operation with the Ministry of Health and Environment of Albania. Council of Europe. ISBN 978-92-871-2851-5.
6. Koltsida, Athina (2008). Η Εκπαίδευση στη Βόρειο Ήπειρο κατά την Ύστερη Περίοδο της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας [Education in Northern Epirus during the Latter Ottoman Period] (pdf) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. pp. 249–250. Retrieved 16 December 2012.