Selenicë

{{About|the village in Vlorë County|the village in Korçë County|Qendër Ersekë}}

{{Infobox settlement (Albanian)

| type = m

| name = Selenicë

|other_name = {{lang|rup|Selenitsã}}

| flag =

| emblem = Stema e Bashkisë Selenicë.svg

| skyline = Selenica from the distance 3.jpg

| caption = The city and the mines from the north

| county = Vlorë

| mayor = Nertil Bellaj

| party = PS

| coordinates = {{coord|40|32|N|19|38|E|type:adm1st_region:AL_dim:100000|display=inline}}

| elevation =

| area munic = 561.52

| population as of = 2011

| population munic = 16396

| population unit = 2235

| postal code = 9427

| area code = (0)392

| website = {{URL|https://www.selenica.gov.al/}}

}}

Selenicë ({{langx|rup|Selenitsã}}{{cite book|last=Kahl|first=Thede|author-link=Thede Kahl|title=Ethnizität und räumliche Verbreitung der Aromunen in Südosteuropa|year=1999|publisher=Universität Münster: Institut für Geographie der Westfälischen Wilhelms|isbn=3-9803935-7-7|pages=146}} "Selițcă") 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.vendime.al/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/137-2014.pdf |title=Law nr. 115/2014 |language=sq |pages=6376|access-date=25 February 2022 }}

The total population is 16,396 (2011 census),{{cite web |url=http://www.instat.gov.al/media/3070/12__vlore.pdf |title=Population and housing census - Vlorë 2011 |access-date=2019-09-25 |publisher=INSTAT }} in a total area of 561.52 km².{{cite web |url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/345175/501971/EU-28-LAU-2019-NUTS-2016.xlsx |title=Correspondence table LAU – NUTS 2016, EU-28 and EFTA / available Candidate Countries |access-date=2019-09-25 |publisher=Eurostat|format=XLS }} The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 2,235. In the 2011 Albanian census, the former municipality of Selenica was the only commune where the number of self-declared Aromanians (16.6%) outnumbered the number of declared ethnic Albanians (10%), while most inhabitants didn't declare any ethnicity.[http://pop-stat.mashke.org/albania-ethnic-comm2011.htm 2011 Census, Communes by Ethnicity] According to a 2014 Albanian government report, around 100 Greeks also live in Selenicë.{{cite report| title = Fourth Report submitted by Albania pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 2 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities

| publisher = Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Albania

| page = 60

| url = https://rm.coe.int/16806befc5

| access-date = 28 December 2018

| ref = {{harvid|MFA: Fourth Report}}

}}

The town is well known for its bitumen mines. The football (soccer) club is KS Selenicë.

On 23 September 2021, the 10 May 1905 School was founded in Selenicë. It is a school for Aromanian children, where they can study for some hours every day in Aromanian as well as in Romanian. The school has two classes, both named after prominent figures for Romanian diplomacy: Vasile Stoica and Nicuță Balamaci. The school was founded without any financial support from the Romanian state by the Nicolae Iorga Foundation of Sarandë, a cultural association of Albanian Aromanians then led by president Pano Bakali.{{cite news|url=https://arumun.com/2021/09/22/in-ziua-de-23-septembrie-2021-la-selenita-se-va-inaugura-scoala-10-mai-1905.html|title=În ziua de 23 septembrie 2021 la Selenița se va inaugura școala "10 mai 1905"|newspaper=Arumun.com|date=22 September 2021|language=ro}}{{cite news|url=https://r3media.ro/a-fost-inaugurata-prima-scoala-romaneasca-din-albania/|title=A fost inaugurată prima școală românească din Albania|newspaper=R3media|date=24 September 2021|language=ro}}