Pilur

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Pilur
Village
Pilur is located in Albania
Pilur
Pilur
Coordinates: 40°7′43″N 19°46′30″E / 40.12861°N 19.77500°E / 40.12861; 19.77500Coordinates: 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.[1] It is part of the municipality Himarë.[2]

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[]

  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 [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"
  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.


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