Prrenjas

Prrenjas
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Official logo of Prrenjas
Prrenjas is located in Albania
Prrenjas
Prrenjas
Coordinates: 41°4′N 20°33′E / 41.067°N 20.550°E / 41.067; 20.550
Country Albania
CountyElbasan
Government
 • MayorNuri Belba (PS)
Area
 • Municipality323.17 km2 (124.78 sq mi)
 • Municipal unit18.3 km2 (7.1 sq mi)
Elevation
590 m (1,940 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipality
24,906
 • Municipality density77/km2 (200/sq mi)
 • Municipal unit
5,847
 • Municipal unit density320/km2 (830/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code
3403-3404
Area Code(0)591
Websitewww.bashkiaprrenjas.gov.al

Prrenjas (also written Përrenjas, Albanian definite form: Përrenjasi) is a town and a municipality in Elbasan County, eastern Albania. 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.[1] The total population is 24,906 (2011 census),[2] in a total area of 323.17 km2.[3] The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 5,847.[2]

  1. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6368–6369. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Population and housing census - Elbasan 2011" (PDF). INSTAT. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ "Correspondence table LAU – NUTS 2016, EU-28 and EFTA / available Candidate Countries" (XLS). Eurostat. Retrieved 2019-09-25.