Fier County

Fier County is a county located in southwestern Albania. The Fier County borders the Tirana County in the north, Elbasan County in the northeast, Berat County in the east, Gjirokastër County in the southeast, Vlorë County in the south and the Adriatic Sea in the west.

Fier County

Qarku Fier
County
Fier from the air
Emblem
Coordinates: 40°45′N 19°35′E
Country Albania
SeatFier
Subdivisions6 municipalities, 275 towns and villages
Government
 • Council chairmanVangjel Ndreka
Area
 • Total1,890 km2 (730 sq mi)
Population
 (2020[1])
 • Total289,889
 • Density150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
NUTS CodeAL032
WebsiteOfficial Website

Geography

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.[2] Before 2015, it consisted of the following 42 municipalities:

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:[3]

Religion in Fier County(2011 census)
religion percent
Muslim
 
 48.52%
Prefer not to answer
 
 20.93%
Orthodox
 
 13.76%
believers without denomination
 
 7.15%
atheist
 
 3.61%
Not relevant/not stated
 
 2.87%
Catholic
 
 1.98%
Bektashi
 
 1.01%
Evangelist or Protestant
 
 0.11%
Other Christian
 
 0.06%
Others
 
 0.02%

Islam is by far the largest religion in the county, forming 48.52% of the total population (150,559 people). There are also some Bektashi Muslims with 1.01% (3,137 people), 7.15% percent consisting of believers without a denomination (22,186 people) and Christians forming 15.91% of the county's population (Orthodox (13.76%) (42,993 people), Evangelists (0.11% (331 people) (and Roman Catholics) (1.98%) (6,149 people).

References
  1. "Popullsia e Shqipërisë". instat.gov.al (in Albanian and English). 12 June 2020. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020.
  2. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  3. "2011 census results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
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