Kuç, Vlorë
Kuç | |
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.svg)  Kuç | |
| Coordinates: 40°10′28″N 19°50′21″E / 40.17444°N 19.83917°E | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Vlorë |
| Municipality | Himarë |
| Municipal unit | Horë-Vranisht |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Kuç is a settlement in the Vlorë County, southwestern Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Himarë.[2]
Demographics
The inhabitants of Kuç speak Albanian.[3]
History
Kuç inhabitants have expressed Albanian nationalist sentiments and during the Balkan War in 1912 Greek troops burned down the village and other settlements nearby.[3] During the interwar period (20th century) Kuç was in feud with nearby Greek speaking villages to its south of the Himarë area.[3]
References
- ^ "Location of Kuç". Retrieved 22 April 2010. [dead link]
- ^ Law nr. 115/2014 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1967). Epirus: the Geography, the Ancient Remains, the History and Topography of Epirus and Adjacent Areas. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 123. ISBN 9780198142539.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) "Albanian in speech and nationalistic in feeling, Kuç and its neighbours were burnt by Greek troops in the Balkan War of 1912 and are at feud with the Greek-speaking pocket at Himarë."
Subdivisions of Himarë municipality | ||
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Municipal seat: Himarë | ||
| Administrative unit of Himarë |  | |
| Administrative unit of Horë-Vranisht | ||
| Administrative unit of Lukovë | ||
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