Polis, Albania

Polis is a village and a former municipality in the Elbasan County, eastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Librazhd.[1] It has an area of approximately 100km^2. The population at the 2011 census was 3,385.[2] The name of the village comes from the Greek word for city, the name may have been retained from ancient times when Greeks would trade in Illyria, hence the name never changed. This shows the now village of Polis may have been a larger settlement in ancient times.

Polis
Polis is located in Albania
Polis
Polis
Coordinates: 41°9′N 20°14′E
Country Albania
CountyElbasan
MunicipalityLibrazhd
Population
 (2011)
  Municipal unit
3,385
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

References

  1. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6368–6369. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. 2011 census results Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine


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