Gurrë is a former commune in the Dibër County, northern

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. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Klos. The population at the 2011 census was 3,369.

Demographic history

Gurrë (''Gur'') is recorded in the Ottoman ''

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'' of 1467 as village in the ''

timar A timar was a land grant by the sultans of the Ottoman Empire between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, with an annual tax revenue of less than 20,000 akçes. The revenues produced from the land acted as compensation for military service. A ...

'' of Barak in the

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of Mati. The settlement had a total of nine households represented by the following household heads: ''Kolë Kibaj'', ''

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Pali'', ''Gjon Guribardi'', ''Dom Andrija'', '' Mihal Girdepaj'', ''Gjergj Mizijo'', ''Todor Bila'', ''Buzi Bardi'', and ''Martin Bili'' (''Beli'').

References

Former municipalities in Dibër County Administrative units of Klos (municipality) {{Dibër-geo-stub