A trip to Pogradec and it's Ohri's Lake
Pogradec Pogradec is a city and municipality in central Albania , situated on the shores the Ohrid lake . The lake is one of Europe's deepest and oldest lakes. It is located in the County of Korçë . This city is surrounded by hills on the southern and western side. The lake is in the eastern and northern side of the city. The highway linking to Tirana , Elbasan and Korçë passes through the city. It is located southeast of Elbasan , southwest of Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia , north of Korçë and northwest of Florina in Greece. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Buçimas , Çërravë , Dardhas , Pogradec, Proptisht , Trebinjë , Udenisht and Velçan , that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Pogradec. The total population is 61,530 (2011 census), in a total area of 594.77 km 2 . The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 20,848.