Selenicë ( rup, Selenitsã
[ "Selițcă"]) is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Vlorë County
Vlorë County (; sq, Qarku i Vlorës) is one of the 12 counties of the Republic of Albania with the capital in Vlorë. The county spans and has a total population of 187,675 people as of 2021. It borders the counties of Fier and Gjirokastër, ...
, southwestern
Albania
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. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities
Armen,
Brataj
Brataj is a village and a former municipality in the Vlorë County, southwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Selenicë. The population at the 2011 census was 2,849. The municipal unit co ...
,
Kotë
Kotë is a village and a former municipality in the Vlorë County, southwestern Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe ...
, Selenicë,
Sevaster
Sevaster is a village and a former municipality in the Vlorë County, southwestern Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Eur ...
and
Vllahinë, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Selenicë.
The total population is 16,396 (2011 census),
in a total area of 561.52 km
2.
The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 2,235.
[ In the 2011 Albanian census, the former municipality of Selenica was the only commune where the number of self-declared ]Aromanians
The Aromanians ( rup, Armãnji, Rrãmãnji) are an Ethnic groups in Europe, ethnic group native to the southern Balkans who speak Aromanian language, Aromanian, an Eastern Romance language. They traditionally live in central and southern Alba ...
(16.6%) outnumbered the number of declared ethnic Albanians
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(10%), while most inhabitants didn't declare any ethnicity. Based on a 2014 Albanian government report, around 100 Greeks also live in Selenicë.
The town is well known for its bitumen mines. The football (soccer)
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club is KS Selenicë.
References
Municipalities in Vlorë County
Administrative units of Selenicë
Aromanian settlements in Albania
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