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Fier County

Fier County (Albanian: Qarku i Fierit) is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population at the 2011 census was 310,331, in an area of 1890 km². Its capital is the city Fier.

Administrative divisions

Until 2000, Fier County was subdivided into three districts: Fier, Lushnjë, and Mallakastër. Since the 2015 local government reform, the county consists of the following 6 municipalities: Divjakë, Fier, Lushnjë, Mallakastër, Patos and Roskovec. Before 2015, it consisted of the following 42 municipalities:

Allkaj

Ballsh

Cakran

Dushk

Fier

Fier-Shegan

Frakull

Fratar

Golem

Grabian

Hekal

Krutje

Kuman

Kurjan

Kutë

Levan

Patos

Portëz

Qendër, Fier

Qendër Dukas

Roskovec

Remas

Ruzhdie

Selitë

Strum

Tërbuf

Topojë

Zharrëz

The municipalities consist of about 275 towns and villages in total. See Villages of Fier County for a structured list.

Demographics

According to the last national census from 2011 this county has 310,331 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the county include:

This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Fier_County

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Fier

Fier (Albanian: Fier or Fieri) is a city and a municipality in Fier County in southwest Albania. Fier is 11 km (7 mi) from the ruins of the ancient city of Apollonia. The municipality was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Cakran, Dërmenas, Fier, Frakull, Levan, Libofshë, Mbrostar Ura, Portëz, Qendër and Topojë, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the city Fier. The total population is 120,655 (2011 census), in a total area of 619.90 km² (239.34 square miles). The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 55,845.

History

The history of Fier is bound up with that of the oil, gas and bitumen deposits nearby. The presence of asphalt and burning escapes of natural gas in the vicinity was recorded as early as the 1st century AD. Dioscorides, in Materia Medica, describes lumps of bitumen in the adjacent river Seman, and the concentrated pitch on the banks of the Vjosë river Strabo, writing in about AD 17 states:

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Fier (river)

The Fier (French: le Fier) is a 71.9 km (44.7 mi) long river in the Haute-Savoie and Savoie départements, southeastern France. Its source is at Manigod, in the Aravis Range. It flows generally west. It is a left tributary of the Rhone into which it flows at Seyssel.