[1] In the early 19th century Pouqueville – a French doctor who was on a diplomatic mission to the court of Ali Pasha of Ioannina between 1806 and 1815 – wrote that in Kosinë there were approximately 20 families of shepherds, probably Aromanians.

[2]: 44 The dominant religious is Orthodoxy but a Muslim and Bektasi minority are also hosted in the village.

Many migrants who return to their places of origin for the summer holiday also participate in the feast.

The oldest quarter is located on the ridge and near the church, with which it occupies the upper part of the village.

[2]: 73  Kosinë is in close relationship to the Vjosa and to the tributaries of the Lemnica, which have favoured a greater agricultural productivity.