Palasë

Palasë
Παλάσα
Palasë
Coordinates: 40°9′54″N 19°37′29″E / 40.16500°N 19.62472°E / 40.16500; 19.62472
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
MunicipalityHimarë
Administrative unitHimarë
Population
 • Total
413
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Palasë (Albanian definite form: Palasa; Greek: Παλάσα, romanizedPalása), also Paljasë (Albanian definite form: Paljasa; Greek: Παλιάσα, romanizedPaliása), is a village in Himarë municipality (13 kilometres from the town), Vlorë County, southern Albania. It is located near the Llogara National Park and next to the Ionian coast on the Albanian Riviera. The village is inhabited by ethnic Greeks who speak the unique Himariote Greek dialect.