Selenicë

Selenicë (Aromanian: Selenitsã[1]) is a municipality in Vlorë County, southwestern Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Armen, Brataj, Kotë, Selenicë, Sevaster and Vllahinë, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Selenicë.[2] The total population is 16,396 (2011 census),[3] in a total area of 561.52 km2.[4] The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 2,235.[3] The town is well known for its bitumen mines. The football (soccer) club is KS Selenicë. In the 2011 Albanian census, Selenica was the only commune where the number of self-declared Aromanians outnumbered the number of declared ethnic Albanians.[5]

Selenicë
Selenitsã
Municipality
The city and the mines from the north
Emblem
Selenicë
Coordinates: 40°32′N 19°38′E
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
Government
 • MayorPëllumb Binaj (PS)
Area
 • Municipality561.52 km2 (216.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipality
16,396
 • Municipality density29/km2 (76/sq mi)
 • Municipal unit
2,235
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code
9427
Area Code(0)392

References
  1. Kahl, Thede (1999). Ethnizität und räumliche Verbreitung der Aromunen in Südosteuropa. Universität Münster: Institut für Geographie der Westfälischen Wilhelms. p. 146. ISBN 3-9803935-7-7. "Selițcă"
  2. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. "Population and housing census - Vlorë 2011" (PDF). INSTAT. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  4. "Correspondence table LAU – NUTS 2016, EU-28 and EFTA / available Candidate Countries" (XLS). Eurostat. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  5. 2011 Census, Communes by Ethnicity


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