Prrenjas

Prrenjas
Municipality
Prrenjas
Coordinates: 41°4′N 20°33′E / 41.067°N 20.550°E / 41.067; 20.550Coordinates: 41°4′N 20°33′E / 41.067°N 20.550°E / 41.067; 20.550
Country  Albania
County Elbasan
Government
 • Mayor Miranda Rira (SMI)
Area
 • Municipality 322.95 km2 (124.69 sq mi)
 • Administrative unit 18.3 km2 (7.1 sq mi)
Elevation 590 m (1,940 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Municipality 2,490
 • Municipality density 7.7/km2 (20/sq mi)
 • Administrative unit 584
 • Administrative unit density 32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 3403-3404
Area code 059
Vehicle registration LB
Website www.bashkiaprrenjas.com

Prrenjas (also written Përrenjas, in Albanian) is a town and a municipality in Elbasan County, eastern Albania.[1] The municipality was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Prrenjas, Qukës, Rrajcë and Stravaj, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Prrenjas.[2] The total population is 24,906 (2011 census), in a total area of 322.95 km2.[3] The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 5,847.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Albanian government budget legislation
  2. ↑ Law nr. 115/2014
  3. ↑ Interactive map administrative territorial reform
  4. ↑ 2011 census results
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