Krutje is a former municipality in the

Fier County Fier County (; ), officially the County of Fier (), is a county in the Southern Region of the Republic of Albania. It is the eighth largest by area and the third most populous of the twelve counties, with about 240,000 people within an area of ...

, western

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. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality

Lushnjë Lushnjë (; locally ''Lushnje'' ; sq-definite, Lushnja) is a city and municipality in west-central Albania. The municipality's population is 63,135 as of the 2023 census, in a total area of . History In January 1920, Lushnje was a provis ...

. The population at the 2023 census was 5,523. It is especially famous in Albania as the site of the first collective communist farm, the famous cooperatives. The municipality was especially prosperous during communism with its own

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team that used to win national championships and represent Albania in the world. It had its own bookshop and a big cinema. The big high school with more than 400 students and a big greenhouse are today in service, but less prominent and challenged by other developments in neighboring municipalities.

References

Former municipalities in Fier County Administrative units of Lushnjë {{Fier-geo-stub