Pilur
Pilur is a village on the Albanian Riviera in Vlorë County, Albania.[1] It is part of the municipality Himarë.[2]
Pilur | |
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  Pilur | |
| Coordinates: 40°7′43″N 19°46′30″E | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Vlorë |
| Municipality | Himarë |
| Municipal unit | Himarë |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Demographics
The village of Pilur is inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian population and speak Albanian.[3][4]
History
In 1720, the villages of Himara, Palasa, Ilias, Vuno, Pilur and Qeparo refused to submit to the Pasha of Delvina.[5]
References
- "Location of Pilur". Retrieved 2010-06-20.
- Law nr. 115/2014 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- 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." In Nikolakopoulos, Ilias, Kouloubis Theodoros A. & Thanos M. Veremis (eds). Ο Ελληνισμός της Αλβανίας [The Greeks of Albania]. University of Athens. p. 51. "ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί"; p.53. "PILUR ΠΗΛΙΟΥΡΙ 532 ΑΧ"
- Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1967). Epirus: the Geography, the Ancient Remains, the History and Topography of Epirus and Adjacent Areas. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 124. ISBN 9780198142539.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) "Pilur, a village of 105 houses, which is Albanian-speaking"
- Etnografia shqiptare. 15. Akademia e Shkencave e RPSH, Instituti i Historisë, Sektori i Etnografisë. 1987. p. 199.
Subdivisions of Himara Municipality | ||
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Municipal Seat: Himarë | ||
| Administrative Unit of Himara |  | |
| Administrative Unit of Horë-Vranisht | ||
| Administrative Unit of Lukovë | ||
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