Selenicë

Selenicë is a municipality in Vlorë County, southwestern Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Armen, Brataj, Kotë, Selenicë, Sevaster and Vllahinë, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Selenicë. The total population is 16,396, in a total area of 561.52 km2. The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 2,235. The town is well known for its bitumen mines. The football club is KS Selenicë. In the 2011 Albanian census, Selenica was the only commune where the number of self-declared Aromanians outnumbered the number of declared ethnic Albanians.