Lukovë
Sign in to saveLukovë is a village and a former municipality in the Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform, it became a subdivision of the municipality Himarë. The population at the 2011 census was 2,916.
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Key facts
- Settlement AL.type
- mu
- Settlement AL.official_name
- Lukovë
- Settlement AL.image_skyline
- File:Lukova_pamje.jpg
- Settlement AL.image_caption
- Lukova village
- Settlement AL.county
- Vlorë
- Settlement AL.municipality
- Himarë
- Settlement AL.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement AL.population_unit
- 2916
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Part of
- Albanian Riviera
- Country
- Albania
- Located in
- Vlorë County
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Lukova sheshi.jpg
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Lukovë is a village and a former municipality in the Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform, it became a subdivision of the municipality Himarë. The population at the 2011 census was 2,916.
==Name== The Albanian toponym Lukovë stems from Slavic, either from 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. It is known in Greek as "Λούκοβο".