Klos (municipality) explained

Type:m
Klos
Emblem:Stema e Bashkisë Klos.svg
Flag:Flag of Klos.gif
Skyline:Klos in Mat.jpg
County:Dibër
Mayor:Valbona Kola
Party:PS
Coordinates:41.5064°N 20.0864°W
Elevation:277
Area Munic:357.72
Area Unit:130
Population As Of:2011
Population Munic:16618
Population Unit:7873
Postal Code:8002
Area Code:(0)287

Klos (Albanian: Klosi) is a town and a municipality in Dibër County, northern center Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Gurrë, Klos, Suç and Xibër, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Klos.[1] The total population is 16,618 (2011 census),[2] in a total area of 357.72 km2.[3] The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 7,873.[2] Klos lies 28.5 kilometers (17¾ mi) from Tirana and 14 kilometers (9 mi) from Burrel.

Demographic history

Klos (Kilos) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a hass-ı mir-liva and derbendci settlement in the vilayet of Mati. The village had a total of eight households represented by the following household heads: Kozma Kimiza, Progon Shargjini, Martin Doroza, Gjin Doroza, Dula Cukali, Margjin Prifti, Ilia Kimiza, and Kola Kimiza.[4]

Sports

Klos has a football team known as FC Klosi, which competes in the Albanian Second Division.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6367. 25 February 2022 .
  2. Web site: Population and housing census - Dibër 2011 . 2019-09-25 . .
  3. Web site: Correspondence table LAU – NUTS 2016, EU-28 and EFTA / available Candidate Countries . 2019-09-25 . Eurostat. XLS .
  4. Book: Caka . Eduart . Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467 . 2019 . Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë . Tiranë . 8.