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Kolonjë
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Also known as Bashkia Kolonjë

Kolonjë is a municipality in Korçë County, southeastern Albania. It was created in 2015 by the merger of the former municipalities Barmash, Çlirim, Ersekë, Leskovik, Mollas, Novoselë, Qendër Ersekë and Qendër Leskovik. The seat of the municipality is the town Ersekë. The total population is 11,070 (2011 census), in a total area of . It is an ethnographic region.

Key facts

Settlement (Albanian).type
m
Settlement (Albanian).name
Kolonjë
Settlement (Albanian).emblem
Stema e Bashkisë Kolonjë.svg
Settlement (Albanian).skyline
Erseka, Kolonja.jpg
Settlement (Albanian).caption
Landscape at Ersekë
Settlement (Albanian).county
Korçë
Settlement (Albanian).mayor
Erion Isai
Settlement (Albanian).party
PS
Settlement (Albanian).area munic
865
Settlement (Albanian).population as of
2011
Settlement (Albanian).population munic
11070
Settlement (Albanian).postal code
7401
Settlement (Albanian).area code
(0)812

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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Location
  • History
  • Villages, communities and settlements
  • Municipal Council
  • Notable people
  • References
  • Sources

Kolonjë is a municipality in Korçë County, southeastern Albania. It was created in 2015 by the merger of the former municipalities Barmash, Çlirim, Ersekë, Leskovik, Mollas, Novoselë, Qendër Ersekë and Qendër Leskovik. The seat of the municipality is the town Ersekë. The total population is 11,070 (2011 census), in a total area of . It is an ethnographic region.

The area of the municipality is with the former Kolonjë District, one of the 36 districts of Albania, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 counties.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kolonjë” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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