Hormovë
| Hormovë | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Hormovë | |
| Coordinates: 40°14′20″N 20°6′4″E / 40.23889°N 20.10111°ECoordinates: 40°14′20″N 20°6′4″E / 40.23889°N 20.10111°E | |
| Country |
 Albania |
| County | Gjirokastër |
| Municipality | Tepelenë |
| Administrative unit | Qendër Tepelenë |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Hormovë is a community in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tepelenë.[2]
When the Greek War of Independence broke up (1821) a number of locals formed armed groups and supported the Independence struggle in Peloponnese and Central Greece.[3]
Notable people
- Konstantinos Lagoumitzis (1781–1827), hero of the Greek War of Independence.
References
- ↑ "Location of Hormovë". Retrieved 6/3/2010. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ Law nr. 115/2014
- ↑ Pappas, Nicholas Charles (1991). Greeks in Russian military service in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Institute for Balkan Studies. p. 294.
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