Pirg

Country Albania

Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Postal Code

7016

Pirg
Administrative unit
Leminot reservoir lake in Pirg
Pirg
Coordinates: 40°47′N 20°42′E / 40.783°N 20.700°E / 40.783; 20.700
Country	Albania
County	Korçë
Municipality	Maliq
Population  (2011)
• Administrative unit	7,652
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code	7016
Area Code	(0)865

Pirg is a village and a former municipality in the Korçë County, southeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Maliq.^[1] The population at the 2011 census was 7,652.^[2] The municipal unit consists of the villages Pirg, Gurishtë, Zvirinë, Leminot, Qershizë, Kakaç, Shqitas, Veliternë, Sovjan, Novoselë and Bubuq.^[3] The etymology of this village comes from greek, meaning “Tower” in English. This means this village must’ve had an important tower, to be named as it.