Circle Fier

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Circle : Fier
Main place: Fier
Qark : Qark Fier
Surface: 785 km²
Residents: 165,356   as of 2011
Population
density: 		210.64 inhabitants / km²
ISO-3166-2 code: AL-FR
License plate : FR

The district of Fier ( Albanian : Rrethi i Fierit ) was one of the 36 administrative districts in Albania that were abolished in the summer of 2015 after an administrative reform. The area with an area of ​​785 square kilometers in the Qark of the same name had 165,356 inhabitants (2011 census), with the local administration even speaking of 263,701 inhabitants. The district was named after the capital Fier .

geography

View from Patos along the foothills of the Mallakastra hills to Fier

The county is located in the southern part of the very flat Myzeqe - level . Only in the southeast does it turn into hill country. The plain, north of Fier still loosened by the Ardenica hill, used to be a large swamp area.

With a population density of 235 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district was one of the five most densely populated districts in Albania. A large part of the population still does not live in cities. In addition to the main town of Fier with almost 60,000 inhabitants, Patos (15,000 inhabitants) and Roskovec (5000 inhabitants) are among the larger towns in the district. 11,722 people live in the large former community of Cakran in the far south of the district (2011 census).

economy

Aerial view of the area around Fier (top right) and Patos (left) with oil drilling in the foreground

The oil deposits in the eastern area of ​​the Fier district are of particular economic importance . In addition, the region is one of the agriculturally important areas of Albania.

The ruins of the ancient city ​​of Apollonia are of great cultural and historical importance . The Adriatic coast is still hardly developed.

Communities

Today the area of ​​the district belongs to the municipalities ( Bashkia ) Fier, Patos and Roskovec.

Former parishes in the district
Surname Population (2011) Community type Heard today
Fier 000000000055845.000000000055,845 Bashkia Fier
Patos 000000000015397.000000000015,397 Bashkia Patos
Roskovec 000000000004975.00000000004,975 Bashkia Roskovec
Cakran 000000000011722.000000000011,722 Komuna Fier
Dermenas 000000000007788.00000000007,788 Komuna Fier
Frakull 000000000006820.00000000006,820 Komuna Fier
Kuman 000000000005611.00000000005,611 Komuna Roskovec
Kurjan 000000000003618.00000000003,618 Komuna Roskovec
Levan 000000000008159.00000000008,159 Komuna Fier
Libofsha 000000000006149.00000000006,149 Komuna Fier
Mbrostar 000000000007460.00000000007,460 Komuna Fier
Portëz 000000000008259.00000000008,259 Komuna Fier
Qënder Çlir 000000000004207.00000000004,207 Komuna Fier
Ruzhdija 000000000002326.00000000002,326 Komuna Patos
Strum 000000000007538.00000000007,538 Komuna Roskovec
Topoja 000000000004246.00000000004,246 Komuna Fier
Zharrës 000000000005236.00000000005,236 Komuna Patos

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ines Nurja: Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave / Population and Housing Census - Fier 2011 . Results Kryesore / Main Results. Ed .: INSTAT . Pjesa / Part 1. Adel Print, Tirana 2013 ( instat.gov.al [PDF; accessed April 14, 2019]).
  2. ↑ Këshilli i Qarkut Fier: Qarku. Retrieved January 25, 2011 .