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Lukovë is a village and a former
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
Vlorë County Vlorë County (; sq, Qarku i Vlorës) is one of the 12 counties of the Republic of Albania with the capital in Vlorë. The county spans and has a total population of 187,675 people as of 2021. It borders the counties of Fier and Gjirokastër, ...
, southern
Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...
. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality
Himarë Himarë ( sq-definite, Himara; el, Χειμάρρα, ''Cheimarra'' or Χιμάρα, ''Chimara'') is a municipality and region in Vlorë County, southern Albania. The municipality has a total area of and consists of the administrative units of H ...
. The population at the 2011 census was 2,916.2011 census results


Name

The Albanian toponym Lukovë stems from Slavic from either the words ''Luk'', ''Laka'', ''Luka'' meaning water flowing nearby, meadowland, river meadow, wet meadow along a river or from ''luk'', ''luka'', place of onions; alongside the suffix ''ov/a''.Ylli, Xhelal (2000).
Das_slavische_Lehngut_im_Albanischen._2_[Slavic_settlement_in_Albania
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'._Verlag_Otto_Sagner._p._139._"LUKÓV/È,_-A_(_1431_Lokove,_Sopot;_BZHS_III_:1759,1856_Aouxoßov,_Delvinë);_+_LUKOVE_(1431,_Korçë)_A._SE_228_Луково;_JO_624.B._SE_erklärt_den_DN_als_Benennung_eines_Dorfes_nach_dem_in_der_Nähe_fließenden_Gewässer:_adj._Bildung_zu_aksl._лжка_,Biegung;_Sumpf,_bulg._лъка_,Wiesenland;_Flußwiese‘,_так._mundartl._лака_,feuchte_Wiese_längs_eines_Flusses4,_serb._лука_,Meerbusen;_Wiese;_Tal4,__БЕРЗ_551,+_-ов-а._Die_älteren_Formen_haben_in_der_ersten_Silbe_о_/_и._Es_ist_schwer_zu_entscheiden,_welche_Form_zutriflft._Ein_Reflex_aksl._ж_>_и_kommt_nicht_im_Bulg._vor,_aber_ihn_findet_man_im_Mak._mundartl._und__im__Serb.__Andererseits__findet_auch_eine_Entwicklung_о_>__и_innerhalb_der_historischen_Phonologie_des_Albanischen_keine_Stütze._Mit_einem_Einfluß_des_Serbischen,_besonders_fur_Korça,_ist_ebenfalls_nicht_zu_rechnen._Man_könnte_den_ON_aus_zwei_verschiedenen_Wurzeln_herieiten:_im_Falle_von_SR_aus_serb._лука_,Au,_Meerbusen,_Wiese,_Tal4,_wobei_mit_dem_Einfluß_der_serb._Königreiche_zu_rechnen_ist,_und_im_Falle_von_Korça,_ein_bekanntes_Gebiet_für_die_Herstellung_von_Zwiebeln,_aus_der_Wurzel_bulg,_лука_,Zwiebel‘."_It_is_known_in_Greek_language">Greek_ Greek_may_refer_to:_ _Greece Anything_of,_from,_or_related_to_Greece,_a_country_in_Southern_Europe: *Greeks,_an_ethnic_group. *Greek_language,_a_branch_of_the_Indo-European_language_family. **Proto-Greek_language,_the_assumed_last_common_ancestor__...
_as_"Λούκοβο".


_History

During_the_Ottoman_period.html" ;"title="Greek_language.html" "title="lavic settlement in Albania">Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen. 2 [Slavic settlement in Albania
'. Verlag Otto Sagner. p. 139. "LUKÓV/È, -A ( 1431 Lokove, Sopot; BZHS III :1759,1856 Aouxoßov, Delvinë); + LUKOVE (1431, Korçë) A. SE 228 Луково; JO 624.B. SE erklärt den DN als Benennung eines Dorfes nach dem in der Nähe fließenden Gewässer: adj. Bildung zu aksl. лжка ,Biegung; Sumpf, bulg. лъка ,Wiesenland; Flußwiese‘, так. mundartl. лака ,feuchte Wiese längs eines Flusses4, serb. лука ,Meerbusen; Wiese; Tal4, БЕРЗ 551,+ -ов-а. Die älteren Formen haben in der ersten Silbe о / и. Es ist schwer zu entscheiden, welche Form zutriflft. Ein Reflex aksl. ж > и kommt nicht im Bulg. vor, aber ihn findet man im Mak. mundartl. und im Serb. Andererseits findet auch eine Entwicklung о > и innerhalb der historischen Phonologie des Albanischen keine Stütze. Mit einem Einfluß des Serbischen, besonders fur Korça, ist ebenfalls nicht zu rechnen. Man könnte den ON aus zwei verschiedenen Wurzeln herieiten: im Falle von SR aus serb. лука ,Au, Meerbusen, Wiese, Tal4, wobei mit dem Einfluß der serb. Königreiche zu rechnen ist, und im Falle von Korça, ein bekanntes Gebiet für die Herstellung von Zwiebeln, aus der Wurzel bulg, лука ,Zwiebel‘." It is known in Greek language">Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
 as "Λούκοβο".


History

During the Ottoman period">Ottoman period Lukovë together with nearby
Piqeras Piqeras ( sq-definite, Piqerasi; el, Πικέρνη, Pikerni) is a village in the former municipality of Lukovë, Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Himarë. Demographics I ...
and Nivicë was part of the Himara area and enjoyed special semi-autonomous status inside this community. In 1570-1571 a short lived rebellion broke out under Emmanuel Mormoris in Himara region. After a prolonged siege the rebels managed to capture the castle of Nivicë. In 1798 Lukovë together with adjacent villages in the region south of Himara were attacked and plundered by the local Ottoman lord
Ali Pasha of Ioannina Ali Pasha of Ioannina (1740 – 24 January 1822), was an Albanian ruler who served as pasha of a large part of western Rumelia, the Ottoman Empire's European territories, which was referred to as the Pashalik of Yanina. His court was in Ioanni ...
. In the villages of Nivice and Shën Vasil massacres of Orthodox inhabitants were committed in Easter of 1798. As such cases of massive
islamization Islamization, Islamicization, or Islamification ( ar, أسلمة, translit=aslamāh), refers to the process through which a society shifts towards the religion of Islam and becomes largely Muslim. Societal Islamization has historically occur ...
among the local population were followed in the region. During the end of the 19th century Greek elementary schools were already operating in the villages of Lukovë, Nivicë, Çorraj and Shën Vasil.


Demographics

According to German academic research conducted in 1957 the villages of Piqeras, Lukovë and Sasaj were among the Greek speaking pockets on the Albanian Ionian coast. The municipal unit consists of the following settlements: According to 1991 estimates, Lukovë, the municipal seat is inhabited by a majority Orthodox Albanian population (2076 or 82%) alongside minorities of Muslim Albanians (250 or 12%) and Greeks (150 or 6%).
Borsh Borsh is a maritime village, in the Albanian Riviera, in the former Lukovë municipality, Vlorë County, Albania, At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Himarë. The village is inhabited by Albanians,Kallivretaki ...
, Fterrë and Sasaj are exclusively populated by Muslim Albanians.
Piqeras Piqeras ( sq-definite, Piqerasi; el, Πικέρνη, Pikerni) is a village in the former municipality of Lukovë, Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Himarë. Demographics I ...
is inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian majority (991) with a minority of 100 Muslim Albanians and 50 Greeks. Çorraj is a mixed village inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian population and Albanian Muslims. Shën Vasil (Shënvasil) is inhabited by a majority Orthodox Albanian population (1434) and with a minority of Muslim Albanians (220) and Greeks (210). Nivicë is inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian majority (899) and a minority of Greeks (30). Qazim Pali is a new village established during the communist period and is populated by Muslim Albanians (861) alongside minorities of Orthodox Albanians (50) and Greeks (80). In a demographic investigation by Leonidas Kallivretakis in the late 20th century, the population of Lukovë commune and all its villages, 54% were Albanian Christians, 40% were Albanian Muslims and 6% were Greek Christians.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. "Ε Έλληνες, ΑΧ Αλβανοί Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί, AM Αλβανοί Μουσουλμάνοι, ΤΣ Τσάμηδες, Β Βλάχοι, Μ Μικτός πληθυσμός”; p.53. "LUKOVE ΛΟYKΟBΟ 2076 ΑΧ + αμ (250) + ε (120); NIVICE ΝΙΒΓΓΣΑ 899 ΑΧ + ε (30); SHENVASIL Αϊ ΒΑΣΙΛΗ 1434 ΑΧ + αμ (220) + ε (210); PIQERAS ΠΙΚΙΕΡΑΣ (ΠΙΚΕΡΝΗ) 991 ΑΧ + αμ (100) + ε (50); SASAJ ΣΑΣΑΪ 297 AM; BORSH ΜΠΟΡΣΙ 1243 AM; FTERE ΦΤΕΡΑ 378 AM; ÇORAJ ΤΣΟΡΑΪ 282 ΑΧ (150) + AM (132); QAZIM PALI ΚΙΑΣΙΜ ΠΑΛΙ (νέο) 861 AM + ε (80) + αχ (50)" Seaside settlements of the Lukovë area were among Greek minority areas that underwent a substantial decrease in population after the restoration of democracy in Albania in the early 1990s.


Notable people

* Nafiz Bezhani, Albanian jurist, politician and writer. * Dimitrios Doulis (1865–1928), Greek politician, minister of military affairs of the
Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus The Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus ( el, Αὐτόνομος Δημοκρατία τῆς Βορείου Ἠπείρου, translit=Aftónomos Dimokratía tis Voreíou Ipeírou) was a short-lived, self-governing entity founded in the aft ...
, from Nivice. *
Muzafer Korkuti Muzafer Korkuti (born 1936) is an Albanian archaeologist and prehistorian. He is considered an expert on the prehistoric period of Albania. Korkuti was the director of the Institute of Archeology at the Centre for Albanological Studies in Tirana fr ...
, Albanian archaeologist and Vice President of the
Academy of Sciences of Albania The Academy of Sciences of Albania ( sq, Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë), founded in 1972, is the most important scientific institution in Albania. In the 1980s, several research institutes began at the University of Tirana were transferred ...
*
Vasil Laçi Vasil Laçi, People's Hero of Albania, also referred to as Vasil Llaçi Comando Superiore Carabinieri Reali dell Albania - document of 25 May 1941 (15 September 1922 – 27 May 1941), was an Albanian patriot and anti-monarchist who attempted ...
(1922–1941), Albanian patriot who attempted to kill in 1941
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, then
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and Shefqet Bej Vërlaci, then
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*
Jakup Mato Prof.Dr.Jakup Halil Mato (16 September 1934 in Fterra, Albania – 30 August 2005 in Tirana, Albania) was an Albanians, Albanian publicist and educational administrator. He started publishing his articles and research studies in the field of l ...
, Albanian publicist and educational administrator, head of Centre of Art Studies of the Academy of Sciences of Albania. *
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(1316–1411), Greek monk and saint of the
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