Kuç, Vlorë

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]

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Kuç
Village
Kuç is located in Albania
Kuç
Kuç
Coordinates: 40°10′28″N 19°50′21″E
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
MunicipalityHimarë
Municipal unitHorë-Vranisht
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Demographics

Kuç is fully inhabited by Albanians who speak the Albanian dialect of Labërishte.[3]

History

In 1847 Kuç took part in a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire. 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]

Notable people

References
  1. "Location of Kuç". Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  2. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. 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. "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."


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