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]

This article is about the village in Vlorë County. For the village in Korçë County, see Qendër Ersekë.
Selenicë
Selenitsã
Municipality
The city and the mines from the north
The city and the mines from the north
Official logo of Selenicë
Emblem
Selenicë is located in Albania
Selenicë
Selenicë
Coordinates: 40°32′N 19°38′E
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
Government
 • MayorNertil Bellaj (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

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] In the 2011 Albanian census, the former municipality of Selenica was the only commune where the number of self-declared Aromanians (16.6%) outnumbered the number of declared ethnic Albanians (10%), while most inhabitants didn't declare any ethnicity.[5] Based on a 2014 Albanian government report, around 100 Greeks also live in Selenicë.[6]

The town is well known for its bitumen mines. The football (soccer) club is KS Selenicë.

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
  6. Fourth Report submitted by Albania pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 2 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (Report). Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Albania. p. 60. Retrieved 28 December 2018.


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