Fier County
County in southern Albania
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::summary County in southern Albania ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Albanian settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | co |
| name | |
| skyline | View towards the Vjosa valley, Byllis, Albania (31560000723).jpg |
| caption | Vjosa Valley |
| map | Albania (Fier County).svg |
| map caption | Map of Albania with Fier County highlighted |
| coordinates | |
| flag | Flag of Fier.svg |
| emblem | Stema e Qarkut Fier.svg |
| parts | {{collapsible list |
| titlestyle | background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;font-size:100%; |
| title | 6 municipalities: |
| seat | Fier |
| council chairman | Evis Sema (PS) |
| area total km2 | 1890 |
| area rank | 8th |
| population as of | 2023 |
| population total | 240377 |
| population rank | 2nd |
| NUTS code | AL032 |
| blank_name_sec1 | HDI (2022) |
| blank_info_sec1 | 0.779 |
| · 10th | |
| website | |
| :: |
| type = co |name=| other name = sq | skyline = View towards the Vjosa valley, Byllis, Albania (31560000723).jpg | caption = Vjosa Valley | map = Albania (Fier County).svg | map caption = Map of Albania with Fier County highlighted | coordinates = | flag = Flag of Fier.svg | emblem = Stema e Qarkut Fier.svg | parts = {{collapsible list | titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;font-size:100%; | title = 6 municipalities: | {{plainlist|
- Divjakë
- Fier
- Lushnjë
- Mallakastër
- Patos
- Roskovec}} | seat = Fier | council chairman = Evis Sema (PS) | area total km2 = 1890 | area rank = 8th | elevation = | population as of = 2023 | population total = 240377 | population rank = 2nd | demonym = | postal code = | area code = | NUTS code = AL032 | blank_name_sec1 = HDI (2022) | blank_info_sec1 = 0.779 · 10th | website = Fier County (; ), officially the County of Fier (), is a county in the Southern Region of the Republic of Albania. It is the eighth largest by area and the third most populous of the twelve counties, with about 240,000 people within an area of 1890 km2. The county borders on the Adriatic Sea to the west, the counties of Tirana to the north, Elbasan to the northeast, Berat to the east, Gjirokastër to the southeast and Vlorë to the south. It is divided into six municipalities, Fier, Divjakë, Lushnjë, Mallakastër, Patos and Roskovec, all of whom incorporate 42 administrative units.
Geography
Until 2000, Fier County was subdivided into three districts: Fier, Lushnjë, and Mallakastër. Before 2015, it consisted of 42 municipalities.
Economy
Fier County maintains a relatively strong economy within Albania with agriculture and heavy industry serving as a backbone of the area during the communist era. Wages in the county are above the Albanian average. More recently, a service-based economy has become more prominent locally as well as small-scale manufacturing by foreign companies.
Fier additionally has been the home of power-generation in Albania with the construction of the Fier Power Plant during the communist era. Although it was decommissioned in 2007, a joint Greek-Albanian venture was announced in 2023 to revitalize these thermal plants to diversify Albania’s electrical industry.
Demography
According to the last national census from 2023, Fier County had 240,377 inhabitants. Of the makeup, 96% identified as Albanians, 0.89% as Roma Gypsy or Balkan Egyptian, 0.20% of a South Slavic ethnicity (Serbs, Bosniaks, Macedonians, Bulgarians), 0.20% Aromanian, and 0.07% Greek.
Religion
Between the 2011 and 2023 censuses in Fier, the religious composition experienced several changes. The proportion of Sunni Muslims saw a decrease from 48.5% to 39.0%. In contrast, the presence of Bektashi Muslims significantly increased from 1.0% to 5.9%. The share of Catholic Christians decreased from 2.0% to 0.8%, while Orthodox Christians saw a slight increase from 13.8% to 16.0%. Evangelical Christians witnessed a growth from 0.1% to 0.4%.
Notably, there was a considerable expansion in the segment of the population identifying as believers without denomination, which more than doubled from 7.2% to 18.1%. The proportion of atheists also increased from 3.6% to 5.0%. Conversely, there was a marked decrease in the percentage of individuals who preferred not to answer, falling from 20.9% to 12.9%, and those whose religious affiliation was not stated or available also decreased from 2.9% to 1.9%.
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| Religion group | Census 2011 | Census 2023 | Difference (2023−2011) | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Total Muslim | 153,696 | 49.5% | 107,884 | 44.9% | -45,812 | -4.6% | Total Christian* | 49,349 | 15.9% | 41,513 | 17.3% | -7,836 | +1.4% | Total Non-religious | 33,376 | 10.8% | 55,432 | 23.1% | +22,056 | +12.3% | TOTAL | 310,331 | 100% | 240,377 | 100% | -69,954 | – |
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| Sunni Muslim | 150,559 | 48.5% | 93,754 | 39.0% | -56,805 | -9.5% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bektashi Muslim | 3,137 | 1.0% | 14,130 | 5.9% | +10,993 | +4.9% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catholic Christian | 6,149 | 2.0% | 1,893 | 0.8% | -4,256 | -1.2% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Orthodox Christian | 42,695 | 13.8% | 38,336 | 16.0% | -4,359 | +2.2% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evangelical | 331 | 0.1% | 886 | 0.4% | +555 | +0.3% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Christian | 174 | 0.1% | 398 | 0.2% | +224 | +0.1% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Atheists | 11,190 | 3.6% | 11,980 | 5.0% | +790 | +1.4% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Believers without denomination | 22,186 | 7.2% | 43,452 | 18.1% | +21,266 | +10.9% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prefer not to answer | 64,960 | 20.9% | 31,102 | 12.9% | -33,858 | -8.0% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Not stated / Not available** | 8,892 | 2.9% | 4,446 | 1.9% | -4,446 | -1.0% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
References
- "Konstituohet Këshilli i Qarkut Fier! Evis Sema rizgjidhet për një mandat të dytë si kryetare".
- "Main Results of the Population and Housing Census 2023". [[Institute of Statistics (Albania).
- "Law nr. 115/2014".
- "Division of Albania".
- "Census of Population and Housing". Institute of Statistics Albania.
- "Population statistics of Eastern Europe & former USSR".
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