Prrenjas
Sign in to savePrrenjas (also written Përrenjas, ) 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. The total population is 24,906 (2011 census), in a total area of 323.17 km2. The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 5,847.
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Key facts
- Albanian settlement.type
- m
- Albanian settlement.name
- Prrenjas
- Albanian settlement.flag
- Flag of Prrenjas.gif
- Albanian settlement.emblem
- Stema e Bashkisë Prrenjas.svg
- Albanian settlement.skyline
- Qyteti_Prrenjas.jpg
- Albanian settlement.county
- Elbasan
- Albanian settlement.mayor
- Nuri Belba
- Albanian settlement.party
- PS
- Albanian settlement.elevation
- 590
- Albanian settlement.area munic
- 323.17
- Albanian settlement.area unit
- 18.3
- Albanian settlement.population as of
- 2011
- Albanian settlement.population munic
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Albania
- Located in
- Prrenjas municipality
- Population
- +5847
- Elevation
- +567
- Time zone
- Central European Summer Time
- Capital of
- Prrenjas municipality
- Official website
- www.bashkiaprrenjas.gov.al
- Image
- Qyteti Prrenjas.jpg
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Prrenjas (also written Përrenjas, ) 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. The total population is 24,906 (2011 census), in a total area of 323.17 km2. The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 5,847.
== History == The history of the creation of the city Prrenjas dates back a long time. In the period of the Ottoman Albanian wars, the area where the city rises was called Torviolli. The native hero, Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg, before heading for battle (the battle is known in history as Battle of Torvioll) told to his fighters, that the battle must be won. A significant history has been written here. 300px|thumb|left|The Field of Domosdova(today), where the Battle of Torvioll took place