Pult () is a municipal unit in

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in northwestern

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.The population as of the 2023 census is 245.

History

Formerly a municipality, at the 2015 local government reform it became a municipal unit of the municipality of

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. 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

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, its title being incorporated therein.

Demographics

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

References

Sources and external links

GigaCatholic former diocese
Former municipalities in Shkodër County Administrative units of Shkodër {{Shkodër-geo-stub