Type: | co |
Flag: | Flag_of_Elbasan.svg |
Skyline: | Krraba Olive Trees.jpg |
Caption: | View of Krraba Pass |
Emblem: | Stema e Qarkut Elbasan.svg |
Map: | Albania (Elbasan County).svg |
Parts: | 7 municipalities, 385 towns and villages |
Seat: | Elbasan |
Council Chairman: | Ermira Urupi[1] |
Area Total Km2: | 3199 |
Population As Of: | 2023[2] |
Population Total: | 232580 |
Blank Name Sec1: | HDI (2022) |
Blank Info Sec1: | 0.779 · 7th |
Nuts Code: | AL021 |
Elbasan County is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population is 232,580 (as of 2023), in an area of 3199 km². Its capital is the city Elbasan.
Until 2000, Elbasan County was subdivided into four districts: Elbasan, Gramsh, Librazhd, and Peqin. Since the 2015 local government reform, the county consists of the following 7 municipalities: Belsh, Cërrik, Elbasan, Gramsh, Librazhd, Peqin and Prrenjas.[3] Before 2015, it consisted of the following 50 municipalities:
The municipalities consist of about 385 towns and villages in total. See Villages of Elbasan County for a structured list.
Elbasan County has 266,245 inhabitants as of January 2021.[4] Ethnic groups in the county include, as of the last national census from 2011:[5]