Selenicë

Also known as Selenice

Selenicë () 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.

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Settlement (Albanian).type: m
Settlement (Albanian).name: Selenicë
Settlement (Albanian).emblem: Stema e Bashkisë Selenicë.svg
Settlement (Albanian).skyline: Selenica from the distance 3.jpg
Settlement (Albanian).caption: The city and the mines from the north
Settlement (Albanian).county: Vlorë
Settlement (Albanian).mayor: Nertil Bellaj
Settlement (Albanian).party: PS
Settlement (Albanian).area munic: 561.52
Settlement (Albanian).population as of: 2011
Settlement (Albanian).population munic: 16396
Settlement (Albanian).population unit: 2235
Settlement (Albanian).postal code: 9427
Settlement (Albanian).area code: (0)392

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Official name: Selenicë
Population: 6912
Elevation: 73
Image: Selenica from the distance 3.jpg
Dialing code: 0392

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Commons category: Selenicë
postal code: 9427
native label: Selenicë
time of earliest written record: 1700-00-00

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The total population is 16,396 (2011 census), in a total area of 561.52 km2. 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 (16.6%) outnumbered the number of declared ethnic Albanians (10%), while most inhabitants did not declare any ethnicity. According to a 2014 Albanian government report, around 100 Greeks also live in Selenicë.