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The city of Perrenjas was founded as an administrative unit in 1958.
Subverzo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Town · Elbasan County

PrrenjasPrrenjasi

A former nickel-mining town on the road to Lake Ohrid.

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Population (town)
5,847 (2011)
Elevation
567 m
Official website
https://www.bashkiaprrenjas.gov.al

In plain language

Prrenjas is a small town in the eastern mountains where nickel was mined.

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Prrenjas is a small town in the eastern mountains where nickel was mined.

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The old, not used railway bridge near of Prrenjas , small town in eastern Albania , September 2018
Railway bridge Prrenjas Albania 2018 2 Karelj · CC BY-SA 4.0
The old, not used railway bridge near of Prrenjas , small town in eastern Albania , September 2018
Railway bridge Prrenjas Albania 2018 1 Karelj · CC BY-SA 4.0
Fusha e Domosdovës at Përrenjas, Eastern Albania
Fusha e Domosdovës Albinfo · CC0

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Protected area · Elbasan

Shebenik-Jabllanicë National Park

Old-growth beech forest on the North Macedonian border, part of a UNESCO-listed primeval forest network.

Town · Korçë

Pogradec

A lakeside town on Ohrid, a UNESCO natural and cultural site shared with North Macedonia.

Town · Elbasan

Librazhd

A Shkumbin-valley town at the gate of Shebenik-Jabllanicë National Park.

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Industry

Mining in Albania

Chromium above all — Albania has long been among the larger world producers — plus copper and nickel.

Sources

  • Wikipedia. Prrenjas — English Wikipedia · retrieved 13 Oct 2026
    Used to ground the deep-research section and as a discovery aid; not relied on alone for contested claims.
  • Wikidata. Wikidata item Q19258 · retrieved 13 Oct 2026
    Source of the population, area and elevation figures shown in Quick facts, each with its own observation year.
  • Wikimedia Commons. Photographs · retrieved 13 Oct 2026
    Each photograph carries its own creator, licence and file link beneath it. Only public-domain, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-SA files are published.

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