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]
Kuç | |
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  Kuç | |
| Coordinates: 40°10′28″N 19°50′21″E | |
| Country |  |
| County | Vlorë |
| Municipality | Himarë |
| Municipal unit | Horë-Vranisht |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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.
- Law nr. 115/2014 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) "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 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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