Vlorë is a coastal town and municipality in southern Albania. It is the second largest port city of Albania, after Durrës. It is the city where the Albanian Declaration of Independence was proclaimed on November 28, 1912. Vlorë was for a brief time theCapital of Albania.

Founded as an ancient Greek colony in the 6th century BC by the name of Aulon and continuously inhabited for about 26 centuries, Vlorë is home to the Port of Vlorë andUniversity of Vlorë as the most important economical and cultural city of southwestern Albania.

The present municipality was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Novoselë, Orikum, Qendër Vlorë, Shushicë and Vlorë, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Vlorë. The total population is 104,827 (2011 census), in a total area of 616.85 km2. The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 79,621. The new municipality extends from Vjosë river delta near Novoselë up to Llogara Pass including the town of Orikum