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{{Short description|Seventh largest city of Albania}}
{{About|the city in Albania|other uses|Fier (disambiguation)}}
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| name                   = Fier
| other name             = Fieri
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| emblem                 = Stema e Bashkisë Fier.svg
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| image1                          = Fier, Albania 2022-11-03 - Trees along street.jpg
| image2                          = Gold market centrum Fier Albania 2018 1.jpg
| image3                          = Museum of Apollonia. Albania 01.jpg
| image4                          = Katedrale e Shën Gjergjit në Fier 05.jpg
| image5                          = Fier Qender.jpg
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| image_caption          = '''Top to bottom, left to right''': Centre of Fier, Gold Market Shopping centre, [[Archaeological Museum of Apolonia]], Shën Gjergj Cathedral and Mosque of Fier, University of Fier, Apartment buildings in Fier, Fountain in Fier
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| county                 = Fier
| parts                  =
| settled                =
| incorporated           = 1869
| dissolved              =
| party                  = [[Socialist Party of Albania|PS]]
| mayor                  = Armando Subashi
| council chairman       =
| administrator          = 
| coordinates            = {{coord|40|43|30|N|19|33|26|E|type:adm1st_region:AL_dim:100000|display=it}}
| elevation              = 44
| area munic             = 628.8
| area rank              =
| population as of       = 2023<ref name="2023pop">{{cite web |title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.instat.gov.al/en/themes/censuses/census-of-population-and-housing/|publisher=Institute of Statistics Albania}}</ref>
|area_unit=6.96| population munic       = 101963
| population unit        = 52926
| population rank        = 
| demonym                = {{langx|sq|Fierak (m), Fierake (f)}}
| postal code            = 9301-9305
| area code              = 034
| website                = {{URL|https://bashkiafier.gov.al/}}
}}
'''Fier''' ({{IPA|sq|fiˈɛɾ|pron}}; {{lang-sq-definite|Fieri}}, [[Classical Latin|Latin]]: ''Fierum'') is the [[List of cities and towns in Albania|seventh most populous city]] of the [[Republic of Albania]] and seat of [[Fier County]] and Fier Municipality. It is situated on the bank of Gjanica River in the [[Myzeqe|Myzeqe Plain]] between the [[Seman (river)|Seman]] in the north, the [[Vjosë]] in the south and the foothills of the Mallakastra Mountains in the southeast. Fier experiences a seasonal [[Mediterranean climate]] affected by its proximity to the [[Adriatic Sea]] in the west.

Fier was founded in the 19th century by the [[Vrioni family]] and officially in 1864 by [[Omer Pasha Vrioni II]], the father of [[Kahreman Pasha Vrioni]] (1889-1955).<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pgf6GWJxuZgC&q=Kahreman+Pasha+Vrioni&pg=PA478| author=Robert Elsie|page=478| title=A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History|publisher= I. B. Tauris| date=December 24, 2012| isbn=978-1780764313}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Elsie |first=Robert |title=Historical Dictionary of Albania |year=2010 |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |isbn=9780810861886 |page=135 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6inIiCF_930C&dq=population+of+fier+albania&pg=PA135 |access-date=21 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921161237/https://www.google.de/books/edition/Historical_Dictionary_of_Albania/6inIiCF_930C?hl=de&gbpv=1&dq=population+of+fier+albania&pg=PA135&printsec=frontcover |archive-date=21 September 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> It is {{convert|7|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} from the ruins of the ancient settlement of [[Apollonia, Illyria|Apollonia]] which was founded in [[588 BCE]] by [[Ancient Greece|Ancient Greek]] colonists from [[Corfu]] and [[Corinth]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Wilkes|first=John J.|title=The Illyrians|year=1995|publisher=Blackwell Publishing|location=Oxford|isbn=0-631-19807-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Nv6SPRKqs8C |pages=96–98}}</ref> on a site occupied by [[Illyrian tribes]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hammond|first=Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière|title=Migrations and Invasions in Greece and Adjacent Areas|location=Park Ridge, New Jersey|publisher=Noyes Press|year=1976|isbn=0-8155-5047-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O9saAAAAYAAJ|page=426}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Larson|first=Jennifer Lynn|title=Greek Nymphs: Myth, Cult, Lore|location=Oxford, United Kingdom|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2001|isbn=0-19-514465-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ww3m1vSRtsC|page=162}}</ref>

Fier is an important terminus in southwestern Albania and is served by the [[A2 (Albania)|A2 motorway]] and [[SH 4 (Albania)|SH 4 highway]], forming a north–south corridor in Albania and part of the [[Adriatic–Ionian motorway]].

== Name ==

The word "Fier" is claimed to derive from the Albanian word ''[[wikt:fier|fier]]'', which is claimed to mean "fern". Naming locations after the local flora is a common phenomenon amongst the [[Myzeqe|Myzeqar]] Albanians.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Elezi |first=Mehmet |title=Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe |publisher=Gjergj Fishta |year=1954 |isbn=9789994387465 |pages=351 |language=Sq}}</ref> Another alternative hypothesis proposes a derivation from the Italian word ''[[wikt:fiera|fiera]]'', translated as ''trade fair''.<ref name="Fier Municipality History" />

== History ==

The history of Fier is bound up with that of the oil, gas and bitumen deposits nearby. The presence of asphalt and burning escapes of natural gas in the vicinity was recorded as early as the 1st century AD. [[Dioscorides]], in [[Materia Medica]], describes lumps of bitumen in the adjacent river Seman, and the concentrated pitch on the banks of the [[Vjosë]] river [[Strabo]], writing in about AD 17 states:

<blockquote>On the territory of the people of Apolonia in Illyria there is what is called a nymphaeum. It is a rock which emits fire. Below it are springs flowing with hot water and asphalt... the asphalt is dug out of a neighbouring hill: the parts excavated are replaced by fresh earth, which in time is converted to asphalt.</blockquote>

In the 14th and 15th centuries the location was used by the [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] traders as a marketplace to purchase agricultural products from the [[Myzeqe]] lowlands.<ref name="Fier Municipality History">{{cite web|url=http://bashkiafier.gov.al/?page_id=2518|title=History of the city|last=Fier Municipality|publisher=Fier Municipality|language=sq|access-date=2010-08-06|archive-date=2011-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812061045/http://bashkiafier.gov.al/?page_id=2518|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The settlement took city status in 1864 when Kahreman Pasha Vrioni, the local governor, asked from some [[French people|French]] architects to project a future city as an artisan and trade centre.<ref name="Fier Municipality History"/> During the 1864–1865 period a market for 122 merchants was built along the [[Gjanica]] river.<ref name="Fier Municipality History"/> The first inhabitants of the city were the servants of Kahreman Pasha [[Vrioni family|Vrioni]] and members of [[Aromanians|Aromanian]] families that had lived in the area since the early 19th century.<ref name="Fier Municipality History"/>

Six kilometres away from Fier is situated [[Apollonia (Illyria)|Apollonia]],<ref>Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, {{ISBN|0-631-19807-5}}, Page 96,"... whose land is the city Epidamnus. A river flows by the city, by name the Palamnus. Then from Epidamnus to Apollonia, a Ilirian (Albanian) city, the journey on foot takes two days. Apollonia lies fifty stades from the sea and the river ..."</ref> one of the two most important ancient Greek colonial settlements in present-day Albania. It was founded in ~600&nbsp;BC on a hill near the sea, and near what was then the course of Vjosë river by Ancient Greek settlers from [[Corfu]] and [[Corinth]]. At the time before the changes in land formation and the [[Adriatic]] coastline caused by an earthquake in the 3rd century AD, the harbour af Apollonia could accommodate as many as 100 ships. The site was on the territory of Illyrian tribe of the [[Taulantii]]. The colony was said to have been named [[Gylaceia]] after its [[Corinth]]ian founder, [[Gylax]], and later changed its name to that of city of the God Apollo. According to archaeological investigations for 100 years Greek and Illyrian have lived in separate communities.

[[File:Fiume Gjanica e Piazza della Vittoria.jpg|thumb|River Gjanica and Square of Victory]]

The economic prosperity of Apolonia grew on the basis of trade in slaves, and the local rich pastoral agricultural. In the middle of the 5th century BC, a workshop for minting coins was set up here. Through trade and commercial transactions these coins spread throughout Illyria and beyond its boundaries. In the years 214&nbsp;BC onwards, the city was involved in the war between the Illyrian [[Taulantii]] and [[Cassander]], the king of [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedonia]], and in 229&nbsp;BC came under Roman control. In 168&nbsp;BC, its loyalty to Rome was rewarded. For 200 years, it was of central importance in the Roman effort to colonize the east and may have been an original terminus of the [[Egnatian Way]]. It was a vital stronghold for Caesar in the civil war between [[Pompey]] and [[Julius Caesar]]. In 45 and 44&nbsp;BC, [[Octavian]], later to become the Emperor Augustus, studied for 6 months in Apollonia, which had established a high reputation as a center of Greek learning, especially [[Rhetoric (Aristotle)|the art of rhetoric]]. It was noted by [[Cicero]], in the Philippics, as 'magna urbs et gravis' a great and important city.

Under the Empire, Apollonia remained a prosperous centre, but began to decline as the Vjosë silted up and the coastline changed after the earthquake.

Since the fall of communism construction has been taking place. In particular, an Orthodox church was reconstructed in 1999 that allows people to practice their religion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=:: T669.net - Kisha e Shen Gjergjit ne Fier :: |url=http://www.t669.org/shen_gjergji.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.t669.org}}</ref>

== Geography ==

Fier is located on the bank of Gjanica in the southeast of the [[Myzeqe|Myzeqe Plain]] between the [[Seman (river)|Seman]] in the north and [[Vjosë]] in the south of Fier near the [[Adriatic Sea]] in southwestern Albania.<ref name="Environment">{{cite web |publisher=Bashkia Fier |title=Dokumenti i Raportit Përfundimtar të Vlerësimit Strategjik Mjedisor të Planit të Përgjithshëm të Territorit të Bashkisë |url=http://bashkiafier.gov.al/sq-al/Bashkia/PublishingImages/Pages/Strategjia-e-Zhvillimit-t%C3%AB-Territorit/8.%20Vleresimi%20Strategjik%20Mjedisor%20%20Fier%2029.12.2016.pdf |access-date=21 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921141054/http://bashkiafier.gov.al/sq-al/Bashkia/PublishingImages/Pages/Strategjia-e-Zhvillimit-t%C3%AB-Territorit/8.%20Vleresimi%20Strategjik%20Mjedisor%20%20Fier%2029.12.2016.pdf |archive-date=21 September 2021 |pages=110–120 |language=sq |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Municipalities of Albania|municipality of Fier]] is encompassed in the [[County of Fier]] within the [[Southern Albania|Southern Region of Albania]] and consists of the adjacent administrative units of [[Cakran]], [[Dërmenas]], [[Frakull]], [[Levan, Fier|Levan]], [[Libofshë]], [[Mbrostar]], [[Portëz]], [[Qendër, Fier|Qendër]], [[Topojë]] and Fier as its seat.<ref name="Classification">{{cite web |publisher=[[Institute of Statistics (Albania)|Instituti i Statistikës]] (INSTAT) |title=A new Urban–Rural Classification of Albanian Population |url=https://www.instat.gov.al/media/2919/a_new_urban-rural_classification_of_albanian_population.pdf |access-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114101641/https://www.instat.gov.al/media/2919/a_new_urban-rural_classification_of_albanian_population.pdf |archive-date=14 November 2019 |page=15 |date=May 2014}}</ref><ref name="Law 2014">{{cite web |url=https://www.vendime.al/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/137-2014.pdf |title=Law nr. 115/2014 |language=sq |pages=6370|access-date=25 February 2022 }}</ref> It stretches from the mouth of Seman within the [[Divjakë-Karavasta National Park]] in the northwest across the [[Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast]] until it reaches the mouth of Vjosë in the [[Vjosa-Narta Protected Landscape]] in the southwest, also forming the southern border of the municipality.<ref name="Environment"/> The area of the municipality Fier is 619.9&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="municipality area">{{cite web |publisher=Albanian Association of Municipalities (AAM) |title=Bashkia Fier |url=https://aam.org.al/en/bashkia-fier/ |access-date=19 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017060954/https://aam.org.al/en/bashkia-fier/ |archive-date=17 October 2020 |language=sq |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Climate ===

Fier has a [[Mediterranean climate]] (Csa) under the [[Köppen climate classification]] with mild winters and hot, dry summers.<ref name="Climate">{{cite web |publisher=Climate-Data |title=Climate: Fier |url=https://en.climate-data.org/europe/albania/fier/fier-830/ |access-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920121754/https://en.climate-data.org/europe/albania/fier/fier-830/ |archive-date=20 September 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

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== Economy ==
[[File:Fier passenger train.JPG|thumb|right|Train approaching [[Fier railway station]].]]
Fier is an important industrial city and is built by the Gjanica tributary of the [[Seman River]], and is surrounded by marshland. With nearby [[Patos (municipality)|Patos]] town, it is the centre of the oil, bitumen and chemical industries in Albania. Fier additionally has been the home of power-generation in Albania with the construction of the [[Fier Power Station|Fier Power Plant]] during the communist era. Although it was decommissioned in 2007, a joint Greek-Albanian venture was announced in  2023 to revitalize these thermal plants to diversify Albania’s electrical industry.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 17, 2023 |title=DEPA Commercial 35% stake in Albanian gas-run power plant |url=https://energypress.eu/depa-commercial-enters-albanian-gas-fueled-power-plant-project-with-35-stake/#:~:text=DEPA%2520Commercial's%2520board%2520has%2520just,energy%2520stability%2520of%2520the%2520region.%E2%80%9D |access-date=28 September 2024 |website=energypress}}</ref>

Fier is a convenient place to stay to visit the major Classical sites at nearby [[Byllis]] and Apollonia. Main roads from the central square lead south to Vlora ({{convert|35|km|mi|disp=or|abbr=on}}) and east to the oil and industrial town of Patos ({{convert|8|km|mi|disp=or|abbr=on}}).
Also, {{convert|19|km|0|abbr=on}} to the west of the city centre, one will find the picturesque Seman Beach.

Fier is also known for its olive trees production (Kalinjioti cultivar) which contributes to the olive oil sector of Albania. Together with [[Vlorë|Vlora]], [[Berat]] and [[Elbasan]] they provide almost 90% of olive oil production.<ref>Leonetti, Luciano, et al. "The olive and olive oil value chain in Albania." ''Development Solution Associates (DSA), Tirana'' (2009): 4.</ref>

The city also plays an important economic role in the development of the county since it produces many goods such as sugar, bread and animal products.<ref name=albania4ever>"Fier", ''albania4ever.com/en/fier'' [site blocked on Wikipedia], accessed 28 September 2017</ref>

The creation of the [[Trans Adriatic Pipeline]] raises the economy of Fier and [[Albania]] highly. The pipe line will be crossing Fier and a Pumping Station will be built in Fier. This shows an open road to investment and employment 
of the city and country. The Pipe line has started since 2015 and is expected to be completed in 2020. This will Supply [[Albania]] Natural Gas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tap-ag.com/pipeline-construction/building-the-pipeline/in-albania|title = TAP route and infrastructure}}</ref>

=== Transport ===
There are Urban Buses available throughout the city. There are also buses at the bus terminal in Fier that can take you throughout places in [[Albania]] and [[Balkan]] region. Fier is served by [[Fier railway station]]. There used to be trains during the [[communism]] era and till this day there has been no movement of the trains. The SH4 is a state road that takes you from [[Durrës]] to Fier. The SH8 is also a state road that will take you from Fier to [[Vlorë]]. There is a project for the Fier and Vlorë highway.

== Demography ==
{{historical populations|1950|7040|1960|14391|1969|22000|1979|33100|1989|43086|2001|56164|2011|55845|2023|52926|align=right|cols=1|source=<ref>{{cite web |title=Cities of Albania|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/albania-cities.htm}}</ref><ref name="2023pop" />}}Fier is the [[List of cities and towns in Albania|seventh most populous city]] and [[Municipalities of Albania|sixth most populous municipality]] in Albania. As of the 2023 census, the municipal unit of Fier has a population of 52,926 of whom 25,935 were men and 26,991 women.<ref name="2023pop" /> The municipality of Fier, including its adjacent administrative units, had a total population of 101,963 in 2011.{{efn|name=fn1|The municipality of Fier consists of the administrative units of [[Cakran]], [[Dërmenas]], [[Frakull]], [[Levan, Fier|Levan]], [[Libofshë]], [[Mbrostar]], [[Portëz]], [[Qendër, Fier|Qendër]], [[Topojë]] and Fier. The population of the municipality results from the sum of the listed administrative units in the former as of the [[Demographics of Albania|2011 Albanian census]].}}<ref name="2023pop2" /> Fier, as other cities of southern Albania, has a religious mixed population, consisting of [[Muslim]]s and Orthodox Christians. Data shows that in 1918, after [[Albanian Declaration of Independence|Albanian independence]] from the [[Ottoman Empire]], Fier and its surrounding countryside on the Myzeqe Plain formed a majority Orthodox Christian enclave, in which [[Islam in Albania|Muslims]] constituted roughly 35% of the total population.<ref name="uni-graz">{{cite web|url=http://www-gewi.uni-graz.at/seiner/marriage_patterns.html#map5|title=Regional variation in marriage patterns in Albania at the beginning of the 20th century|author=Siegfried Gruber|publisher=www-gewi.uni-graz.at|access-date=2014-06-11|archive-date=2019-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502032224/http://www-gewi.uni-graz.at/seiner/marriage_patterns.html#map5|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Culture ==

Fier's main sports are [[association football|football]] and basketball. The main soccer team of Fier is [[KF Apolonia]] and plays in the [[Albanian First Division]]. There is another team called [[KF Çlirimi]] which plays in the [[Albanian Second Division]]. [[KF Apolonia]] home ground is [[Loni Papuçiu Stadium]]. [[KF Clirimi]] plays on Stadiumi Fusha Sportive e Shkolles Bujqesore. The basketball club of Fier is [[BC Apolonia]] and plays in the [[Albanian Basketball League]] and their home ground is Fier Sports Palace.

== Notable people ==
Notable people born in Fier include:
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
*[[Besa (singer)|Besa Kokëdhima]]
*[[Kujtim Majaci]]
*[[Eleni Foureira]]
*[[Ermal Meta]]
*[[Hasna Xhukiçi]]
*[[Helena Kadare]]
*[[Jani Minga]]
*[[Jakov Xoxa]]
*[[Mario Gjata]]
*[[Keidi Bare]]
*[[Liri Gero]]
*[[Odise Roshi]]
*[[Qemal Bey Vrioni]]
*[[Rovena Stefa]] 
*[[Gledi Mici]]
{{div col end}}

== International relations ==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Albania}}

Fier is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
*{{flagicon|US}} [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]],  [[United States]]<ref name="Cleveland sisters">{{cite web|url=http://www.sister-cities.org/interactive-map/Cleveland,%20Ohio|title=Sister Cities International (SCI)|publisher=Sister-cities.org|access-date=2013-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613003251/http://www.sister-cities.org/interactive-map/Cleveland%2C%20Ohio|archive-date=2015-06-13|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Fier also cooperates with:
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Lanzhou]], [[Gansu]],  [[China]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=兰州市政府外事办 友好城市|url=http://szfwsb.lanzhou.gov.cn/col/col8357/index.html|access-date=2021-09-05|website=szfwsb.lanzhou.gov.cn|archive-date=2022-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128150024/https://szfwsb.lanzhou.gov.cn/col/col8357/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|KOS}} [[Peja]], [[Peja District]], [[Kosovo]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bashkia Binjakezime|url=http://bashkiafier.gov.al/sq-al/Bashkia/Pages/Binjakezime.aspx|access-date=2021-09-05|website=bashkiafier.gov.al|archive-date=2020-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703103219/http://bashkiafier.gov.al/sq-al/Bashkia/Pages/Binjakezime.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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*[http://bashkiafier.gov.al/sq-al/Pages/default.aspx bashkiafier.gov.al] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916145429/http://bashkiafier.gov.al/sq-al/Pages/default.aspx |date=2021-09-16 }} – Official Website {{in lang|sq}}
*[http://www.prefektifier.gov.al/ prefektifier.gov.al] – Official Website {{in lang|sq}}
*[https://fieri.com fieri.com] – Fieri.com - Fier, Albania Online Portal {{in lang|sq}}

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