Pilur is a village on the Albanian Riviera in Vlorë County, Albania. It is part of the Himarë municipality.
Demographics The village of Pilur is inhabited exclusively by an Albanian-speaking Orthodox Albanian population.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" "Pilur, a village of 105 houses, which is Albanian-speaking"
History In 1720, the villages of Himarë, Palasë, Iljas, Vuno, Pilur and Qeparo refused to submit to the Pasha of Delvinë.
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