Gjirokastër County
Bashkia Kelcyrë
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Këlcyrë

Këlcyrë is a town and a municipality in southern , located on the bank of the river Vjosë. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities , Dishnicë, Këlcyrë and , that became municipal units.
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  • Type: Town with 3,100 residents
  • Description: town of Albania
  • Also known as: “Kelcyre”, “Kelcyrës”, and “Kleisoura”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kelcyre Castle.

Castle
Photo: Thanas Todhe (Guri Q…, CC BY 3.0.
Këlcyrë Castle is a castle near the city of Këlcyrë. The castle was first built in the 3rd-4th century BC by Illyrian tribes in the region.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Limar and Mezhgoran.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village, which is situated 6 km south of Këlcyrë.

Village
is a community in the , southern . At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality. is situated 8 km west of Këlcyrë.

Këlcyrë

Latitude
40.31351° or 40° 18′ 49″ north
Longitude
20.19228° or 20° 11′ 32″ east
Population
3,100
Elevation
205 metres (673 feet)
Open location code
8GG2857R+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5321908579
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
782843
Wiki­data ID
Q1007556
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Këlcyrë” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kelcyra”
  • Albanian: “Këlcyra”
  • Albanian: “Këlcyrë”
  • Asturian: “Këlcyrë”
  • Bulgarian: “Клисура”
  • Bulgarian: “Кълцюра”
  • Cebuano: “Këlcyrë”
  • Chinese: “克尔曲勒”
  • Chinese: “克尔曲拉”
  • Chinese: “克爾曲勒”
  • Czech: “Këlcyrë”
  • Dutch: “Kelcyra”
  • Dutch: “Këlcyra”
  • Dutch: “Kelcyre”
  • Dutch: “Këlcyrë”
  • French: “Këlcyrë”
  • German: “Kelcyra”
  • German: “Këlcyra”
  • German: “Kelcyre”
  • Greek: “Κλεισούρα”
  • Hungarian: “Këlcyra”
  • Hungarian: “Këlcyrë”
  • Hungarian: “Klissura”
  • Irish: “Këlcyrë”
  • Italian: “Kelcyre”
  • Italian: “Këlcyrë”
  • Japanese: “ケルツィーラ”
  • Macedonian: “Калцира”
  • Macedonian: “Клисура”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Këlcyrë”
  • Persian: “کلسیر”
  • Polish: “Këlcyra”
  • Polish: “Këlcyrë”
  • Portuguese: “Këlcyrë”
  • Romanian: “Kelcyra”
  • Romanian: “Këlcyra”
  • Russian: “Кельцира”
  • Russian: “Кельцюра”
  • Spanish: “Këlcyrë”
  • Swedish: “Këlcyrë”
  • Tatar: “Кылcүра”
  • Turkish: “Këlcyra”
  • Turkish: “Klisura”
  • Ukrainian: “Кельцюра”
  • Vietnamese: “Këlcyrë”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Këlcyrë”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Këlcyrë”. Photo: Albani987, Public domain.