Fier: facts

At a glance

• Country: Albania
• Region: Fier County
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 56,297
• Coordinates: 40.7251° N, 19.5582° E
• Time zone: Europe/Tirane (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Lek (ALL)
• Distance to the capital, Tirana: 70 km (44 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA): 78 km (48 mi), straight line
• Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport (OHD, North Macedonia): 112 km (69 mi), straight line
• Corfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport (CFU, Greece): 129 km (80 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Portez: 3.2 km (2.0 mi)
• Mbrostar-Ure: 3.6 km (2.3 mi)
• Dermenas: 5.9 km (3.7 mi)
• Patos: 6.9 km (4.3 mi)
• Zharrez: 7.9 km (4.9 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Vlore, 29 km (18 mi)