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Village in Vlorë, Albania
Pilur
Village
Pilur is located in AlbaniaPilurPilur
Coordinates: 40°7′43″N 19°46′30″E / 40.12861°N 19.77500°E / 40.12861; 19.77500
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
MunicipalityHimarë
Municipal unitHimarë
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Pilur is a village on the Albanian Riviera in Vlorë County, Albania. It is part of the Himarë municipality.

Demographics

The village of Pilur is inhabited exclusively by an Albanian-speaking Orthodox Albanian population.

History

In 1720, the villages of Himara, Palasa, Ilias, Vuno, Pilur and Qeparo refused to submit to the Pasha of Delvina.

References

  1. "Location of Pilur". Retrieved 2010-06-20.
  2. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "Η ελληνική κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το πρίσμα της ιστορικής γεωγραφίας και δημογραφίας . University of Athens. p. 51. "ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί"; p.53. "PILUR ΠΗΛΙΟΥΡΙ 532 ΑΧ"
  4. 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. "Pilur, a village of 105 houses, which is Albanian-speaking"
  5. Etnografia shqiptare. Vol. 15. Akademia e Shkencave e RPSH, Instituti i Historisë, Sektori i Etnografisë. 1987. p. 199.
Subdivisions of Himarë municipality
Municipal seat: Himarë
Administrative unit of Himarë
Administrative unit of Horë-Vranisht
Administrative unit of Lukovë
Albanian Riviera
Cities
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National Parks
Castles
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