Pult (Latin: Pulati)[2] is a municipal unit in Shkodër County in northwestern Albania.The population as of the 2023 census is 245.[1]

Pult
Pult is located in Albania
Pult
Pult
Coordinates: 42°14′N 19°42′E / 42.233°N 19.700°E / 42.233; 19.700
Country Albania
CountyShkodër
MunicipalityShkodër
  Administrative unit132.4 km2 (51.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2023[1])
  Administrative unit
245
  Administrative unit density1.85/km2 (4.79/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

History

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Formerly a municipality, at the 2015 local government reform it became a municipal unit of the municipality of Shkodër.[3]

It was the seat of a Latin Catholic Diocese of Pult (Latin name Pulati) since 900, until it was suppressed on 25 January 2005 by absorption into the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodrë–Pult, its title being incorporated therein.

Demographics

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Pult recorded the largest population decline out of any municipal unit in the country from the 2011 census to the 2023 census.[4]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19894,134    
20012,422−41.4%
20111,529−36.9%
2023245−84.0%
Source: [5][1]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Census of Population and Housing". Institute of Statistics Albania.
  2. "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pulati". Retrieved 21 November 2010.
  3. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6374–6375. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  4. Cite error: The named reference citypopulation was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. "Albania: All places/communes".
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