Pult

Pult (Latin: Pulati) is a former municipality in the Shkodër County, northwestern Albania.

History

At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Shkodër.

The population at the 2011 census was 1,529.

It was the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese since 900, until it was suppressed on 25 January 2005 by absorption into the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodrë–Pult.

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Richard Pulteney

Richard Pulteney (17 February 1730 – 13 October 1801) was an English physician and botanist. He was a promoter of Linnaean taxonomy, and authored the first English language biography of Carl Linnaeus, entitled A General View of the Writings of Linnaeus. He was educated at Loughborough Grammar School, and a school house was named after him.

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