Elbasan County

Elbasan County
Qarku i Elbasanit (Albanian)
County
View of Krraba Pass
View of Krraba Pass
Flag of Elbasan County
Flag
Official logo of Elbasan County
Emblem
Coordinates: 41°0′N 20°10′E / 41.000°N 20.167°E / 41.000; 20.167
Country Albania
SeatElbasan
Subdivisions7 municipalities, 385 towns and villages
Government
 • Council chairmanErmira Urupi[1]
Area
 • Total
3,199 km2 (1,235 sq mi)
Population
 (2023[2])
 • Total
232,580
 • Density73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
HDI (2022)0.779
high · 7th
NUTS CodeAL021
WebsiteOfficial Website

Elbasan County (Albanian: Qarku i Elbasanit) is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population is 232,580 (as of 2023), in an area of 3199 km².[3] Its capital is the city Elbasan.

Administrative divisions

Until 2000, Elbasan County was subdivided into four districts: Elbasan, Gramsh, Librazhd, and Peqin. Since the 2015 local government reform, the county consists of the following 7 municipalities: Belsh, Cërrik, Elbasan, Gramsh, Librazhd, Peqin and Prrenjas.[4] Before 2015, it consisted of the following 50 municipalities:

The municipalities consist of about 385 towns and villages in total. See Villages of Elbasan County for a structured list.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1950130,000—    
1960160,849+23.7%
1969206,842+28.6%
1979281,769+36.2%
1989357,497+26.9%
2001362,736+1.5%
2011295,827−18.4%
2023232,580−21.4%
Source: [5][6]

Elbasan County has 266,245 inhabitants as of January 2021.[7] Ethnic groups in the county include, as of the last national census from 2011:[8]

Religion in Elbasan County (2011 census)
Religion percent
Muslim
 
 64.61%
Prefer not to answer
 
 13.29%
Orthodox
 
 5.17%
Atheist
 
 3.27%
Not relevant/Not stated
 
 2.03%
Catholic
 
 1.03%
Bektashi
 
 0.51%
Evangelist or Protestant
 
 0.05%
Other Christian
 
 0.03%
Other religion
 
 0%

References

  1. ^ "Konstituohet Këshilli i Qarkut Elbasan, Ermira Urupi zgjidhet Kryetare!". 25 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Main Results of the Population and Housing Census 2023" (PDF). INSTAT.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference pop232 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6368–6369. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Division of Albania".
  6. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Institute of Statistics Albania.
  7. ^ "Population on 1st January by prefecture and sex" (PDF). INSTAT. 7 May 2021. p. 6.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ "2011 census results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.