This is a list of cities and towns in
Albania categorised by
municipality,
county and population, according to the criteria used by the
Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). As of 2014, there were 74 cities classified as urban areas and 2,972 villages as rural areas in Albania.[1] The legislation of Albania provides no official classification on the criteria of how to define a city or urban area.[1] Furthermore, according to the methodology for cities conducted by the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), five areas, including
Tirana,
Durrës,
Elbasan,
Shkodër and
Vlorë, can be classified as urban audit cities[a].[1][2]
Cities and towns in Albania belong to the following size ranges in terms of the number of population:
^An 'Urban Audit City' is an area, where at least 50% of the city's population lives in an urban centre as well as where at least 75% of the urban centre's population lives in a city.[1]
This is a list of cities and towns in
Albania categorised by
municipality,
county and population, according to the criteria used by the
Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). As of 2014, there were 74 cities classified as urban areas and 2,972 villages as rural areas in Albania.[1] The legislation of Albania provides no official classification on the criteria of how to define a city or urban area.[1] Furthermore, according to the methodology for cities conducted by the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), five areas, including
Tirana,
Durrës,
Elbasan,
Shkodër and
Vlorë, can be classified as urban audit cities[a].[1][2]
Cities and towns in Albania belong to the following size ranges in terms of the number of population:
^An 'Urban Audit City' is an area, where at least 50% of the city's population lives in an urban centre as well as where at least 75% of the urban centre's population lives in a city.[1]