Type: | mu |
Official Name: | Novoselë |
County: | Vlorë |
Municipality: | Vlorë |
Coordinates: | 40.6167°N 47°W |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Unit: | 8209 |
Postal Code: | 9411 |
Novoselë is a village and a former municipality in the Vlorë County, southwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Vlorë.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 8,209.[2] The village formerly had a railway station, which closed in 1997.[3] The etymology of the village comes from Slavic languages meaning new village, Novo Selo. In Albanian it turned into Novoselë.
The municipal unit consists of the villages Novoselë, Akërni, Aliban, Bishan, Cerkovinë, Delisuf, Dëllënjë, Fitore, Mifol, Poro, Skrofotinë and Trevllazër.[4] The region is populated by ethnic Albanians mainly orthodox Christian’s of the Myzeqar subgroup.