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{{Infobox Albanian settlement
| type = m
| name = Prrenjas
| flag = Flag of Prrenjas.gif
| emblem = Stema e Bashkisë Prrenjas.svg
| skyline = Qyteti_Prrenjas.jpg
| caption = 
| county = Elbasan
| mayor = Nuri Belba
| party = [[Socialist Party of Albania|PS]]
| coordinates = {{coord|41|4|N|20|33|E|type:adm1st_region:AL_dim:100000|display=inline}}
| elevation = 590 
| area munic = 323.17 
| area unit = 18.3
| population as of = 2011
| population munic = 24906 
| population unit = 5847
| postal code = 3403-3404
| area code = (0)591
| website = {{URL|https://www.bashkiaprrenjas.gov.al/}}
}}
'''Prrenjas''' (also written ''Përrenjas'', {{lang-sq-definite|Përrenjasi}}) is a town and a municipality in [[Elbasan County]], eastern [[Albania]]. The municipality was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Prrenjas, [[Qukës]], [[Rrajcë]] and [[Stravaj]], that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Prrenjas.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vendime.al/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/137-2014.pdf |title=Law nr. 115/2014 |language=sq |pages=6368–6369|access-date=25 February 2022 }}</ref> The total population is 24,906 (2011 census),<ref name="census11">{{cite web |url=http://www.instat.gov.al/media/3062/4__elbasan.pdf |title=Population and housing census - Elbasan 2011 |access-date=2019-09-25 |publisher=[[Institute of Statistics (Albania)|INSTAT]] }}</ref> in a total area of 323.17&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="LAU">{{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 }}</ref> The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 5,847.<ref name=census11/>

== History ==
The history of the creation of the city Prrenjas dates back a long time.
In the period of the [[Albania under the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Albanian]] wars, the area where the city rises was called Torviolli. The native hero, [[Skanderbeg|Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg]], before heading for battle (the battle is known in history as [[Battle of Torvioll]]) told to his fighters, that the battle must be won. A significant history has been written here.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Redaksia |date=2020-04-17 |title=Historiku i krijimit të Prrenjasit |url=https://librazhdinews.al/2020/04/17/historiku-i-krijimit-te-prrenjasit/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210235151/https://librazhdinews.al/2020/04/17/historiku-i-krijimit-te-prrenjasit/ |archive-date=2022-02-10 |access-date=2022-02-10 |website=Librazhdi News |language=sq}}</ref>
[[File:Fusha e Domosdovës.jpg|300px|thumb|left|The Field of Domosdova(today), where the [[Battle of Torvioll]] took place]]

The name of the town of Prrenjas is closely related to the same battle that the Skanderbeg army won. Many Turkish and Albanian soldiers were killed. There were so many soldiers killed that is believed to have been flowing a river of blood.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Moore|first=Clement Clarke|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P3wKAAAAMAAJ|title=George Castriot, Surnamed Scanderbeg, King of Albania|date=1850|publisher=D. Appleton & Company|language=en}}</ref>

Prrenjas is also famous for being connected to the [[Via Egnatia]] road that stretched from [[Istanbul]] all the way on to [[Durrës]]. The people of Prrenjas also participated in the [[Albanian Declaration of Independence]] in the 28 of November 1912.

===Historical Places===
*[[Via Egnatia]]
*Skanderbeg's Table
*Domosdova field (where the [[Battle of Torvioll]] took place)

==Points of Interest==
*[[Shebenik-Jabllanice National Park]]
*Skanderbeg's Table
*Statue of Miners
*Abandoned mine of Prrenjas

==Transportation==
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===Bus===
There are buses in Prrenjas that can take riders in other cities in [[Albania]] and other countries.

===Trains===
There is no train line that can goes to or from Prrenjas. Elbasan-Pogradec extension has been closed.

===Highways===
The only main road in Prrenjas is the SH3 (State Road 3) that starts in [[Tirana]] and ends in [[Korçë]] and passes by Prrenjas.

==Sports==
Prrenja's main football team, [[KF Domozdova]], was founded in 1923 and disbanded in 2018 due to financial problems. Following the disbandment of the club, the city stadium was demolished to make way for the construction of the new city center.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rënia nga kategoria, presidentja "shkrin" ekipin|url=http://www.panorama.com.al/sport/renia-nga-kategoria-presidentja-shkrin-ekipin/|access-date=2022-02-11|website=www.panorama.com.al|language=sq}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Halit Berzeshta]], physician and activist of the [[Albanian National Awakening]]
*Qybra Sokoli, partisan during the War of Liberation

==References==
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{{Municipalities of Albania}}
{{Elbasan County}}
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