Gruemirë


Gruemirë is a former municipality in the Shkodër County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Malësi e Madhe. The population at the 2011 census was 8,890.

Name

It is named after the settlement of Gruemirë which in turn takes its name from the Gruemiri fis which traditionally had its home territory in Gruemira. Gruemira is first mentioned in the cadaster of Venetian Shkodra in 1416. Traditionally, in Albanological research it has been seen as compound of grua and mirë. This has led to theories about the name may have been taken after the strong leadership a woman may have held among the Gruemiri in the past. Another theory based in the rendering of the toponym in the defter of Scutari in 1485 as Kuruemira proposes an etymology as a compound of krua + mirë. The people of the fis and the village of Gruemirë are called Gruemiras.

Settlements

There are 15 settlements within Gruemirë.
  1. Boriç i Madh
  2. Boriç i Vogël
  3. Demiraj
  4. Gjormë
  5. Grilë
  6. Grudë
  7. Gruemirë
  8. Ktosh
  9. Kurte
  10. Linaj
  11. Omaraj
  12. Mëshqerrë
  13. Rrash-Kullaj
  14. Vajush
  15. Vorfë