Atlas Trail
Eight Albanian Towns in Order of 2023 Municipal Population, from Roskovec to Elbasan
Albania's 2015 local government reform merged small communes into larger municipalities, and each of these eight town pages states its municipality's population as of the 2023 census. The path climbs from Roskovec with 16,332 people to Elbasan with 115,101, so every figure comes from the same census year.
Stop 1 of 8.
Cities
Roskovec in Fier County has a municipality of 16,332 people at the 2023 census across 118.08 square kilometers. The town's own former municipality held 4,078 people, and the municipality merged Kuman, Kurjan, Roskovec and Strum.
Stop 2 of 8.
Cities
Shijak in Durres County recorded 22,058 people at the 2023 census, down from 27,861 in 2011. The page places it about 11 kilometers from Durres and 31 kilometers from Tirana, and its municipality was formed from Gjepalaj, Maminas, Shijak and Xhafzotaj.
Stop 3 of 8.
Cities
Kucove has a municipality of 31,077 people at the 2023 census across 160.33 square kilometers, formed from Kozare, Kucove, Lumas and Perondi. The page notes that the town's own municipal unit held 12,629 people.
Stop 4 of 8.
Cities
Pogradec in Korce County had a municipality of 46,070 people at the 2023 census, with 17,371 in the city proper. It stands on a narrow plain along the southwestern shore of Lake Ohrid, within the UNESCO World Heritage listed Ohrid region, and is the hometown of the writers Lasgush Poradeci and Mitrush Kuteli.
Stop 5 of 8.
Cities
Kruje has a municipality of 51,191 people at the 2023 census, although the town's own administrative unit counted 8,921. The page records that it sits at 600 meters on the slopes of Mount Kruje, became capital of the first Albanian state in 1190, and withstood four Ottoman sieges between 1450 and 1477.
Stop 6 of 8.
Cities
Lezhe recorded 51,354 people in its municipality at the 2023 census and 14,687 in the city proper, up from 1,084 in 1950. The page describes roughly 2,400 years of documented history and the League of Lezhe of 1444, where Skanderbeg united Albanian lords against Ottoman rule.
Stop 7 of 8.
Cities
Fier, the seventh most populous city of Albania according to its page, has 101,963 people in its municipality as of 2023 and 52,926 in its municipal unit. The page records that Omer Pasha Vrioni II established it officially in 1864 and that it lies about seven kilometers from the ruins of ancient Apollonia.
Stop 8 of 8.
Cities
Elbasan, the fourth most populous city of Albania according to its page, ends the path with 115,101 people in its municipality at the 2023 census. The page traces it from the Roman trading post Mansio Scampa and records the castle Mehmed the Conqueror built there in 1466, after which it was seat of the Sanjak of Elbasan.
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