Kuç, Vlorë

Village in Vlorë, Albania

40°10′28″N 19°50′21″E / 40.17444°N 19.83917°E / 40.17444; 19.83917Country

AlbaniaCountyVlorëMunicipalityHimarëMunicipal unitHorë-VranishtTime zoneUTC+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

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 and its neighboring villages, which are Albanian-speaking and nationalistic in sentiment, were burned by Greek soldiers during the Balkan War in 1912 and were at feud with the Greek speaking pocket of Himarë.^[3]

Notable people

Zenel Gjoleka, Albanian Rebel Leader and Hero.

References

^ "Location of Kuç". Retrieved 22 April 2010. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b 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."