Vorë

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Vorë
Municipality
Vorë is located in Albania
Vorë
Vorë
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Country  Albania
County Tirana
Government
 • Mayor Fiqiri Ismaili (DP)
Area
 • Municipality 82.72 km2 (31.94 sq mi)
 • Administrative Unit 41 km2 (16 sq mi)
Elevation 60 m (200 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Municipality 25,511
 • Municipality density 310/km2 (800/sq mi)
 • Administrative Unit 10,901
 • Administrative Unit density 270/km2 (690/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal Code 1032
Area Code 047
Vehicle registration TR
Website http://bashkiavore.gov.al/

Vorë is a municipality in Tirana County, central Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Bërxullë, Prezë and Vorë, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Vorë.[1] The total population is 25,511 (2011 census), in a total area of 82.72 km2.[2] The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 10,901.[3]

Etymology

According to a tradition,the name of Vore comes from the Albanian word "vorre" (varre) that means "graveyard".According to that tradition, the name comes from the time of Skanderbeg, because there were buried the fallen soldiers at a war.[citation needed]

Villages

Map of the future municipality Vorë

References

  1. Law nr. 115/2014
  2. Interactive map administrative territorial reform
  3. 2011 census results