Çarçovë

Çarçovë (also: Çarshovë) is a village, a municipal unit and a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Përmet. The population at the 2011 census was 918. The municipal unit consists of the villages Çarçovë, Vllaho-Psilloterë, Biovizhdë, Zhepë, Draçovë, Iliar-Munushtir, Strëmbec, Pëllumbar and Kanikol.

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Two villages in the former municipality of Çarçovë (in Greek: Τσαρτσόβα/Tsartsova or Κεράσοβο/Kerasovo) are predominantly Greek speaking, in particular: Biovizhdë and Vllaho-Psilloterë. Some Greek speakers also exist in the nearby villages of Zhepë and Draçovë. Greek and Aromanian communities are found at the town of Çarçovë.