Fierzë is a town and a former municipality in the

Kukës County Kukës County (; sq, Qarku i Kukësit) is a landlocked county in northeastern Albania, with the capital in Kukës. The county spans and had a total population of 74,388 people as of 2021. The county borders on the counties of Dibër, Lezhë a ...

, northern

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. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Tropojë. Fierzë sits on the right, northern bank of the Drin, opposite the village Fierzë in

Fushë-Arrëz Fushë-Arrëz (; sq-definite, Fushë-Arrëzi) is a municipality and town in Shkodër County, northwestern Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a cou ...

municipality. The Fierzë municipality had 1607 inhabitants in 2011 (2381 in 2001). This municipality contained the central settlement of Fierzë (913 inhabitants in 2001) and the villages of Degë (387 inhabitants), T’plan (496 inhabitants), Dushaj (168 inhabitants) and Breg-Lumi (417 inhabitants). Fierze-Dam-2018

The Drin river was dammed above Fierzë to form Lake Fierzë in the 1970s and

Lake Koman Lake Koman ( sq, Liqeni i Komanit) is a reservoir on the Drin River in northern Albania. Lake Koman is surrounded by dense forested hills, vertical slopes, deep gorges, and a narrow valley, completely taken up by the river. Besides the Drin, it i ...

in the 1980s. The Fierzë dam is the tallest dam in Albania, at 152 metres high. The power plant at Fierzë is one of the most important producers of electricity in the country. The dammed Drin is not alone in passing through Fierzë. Here the

Valbonë Valbonë ( sq-definite, Valbona) is a village in the Kukës County, northern Albania. It is part of the former municipality Margegaj, and situated in the valley of the river Valbonë, south of the mountain Maja e Thatë. At the 2015 local governm ...

joins the Drin from the north and various traffic routes intersect. The most important is the Drin itself. On Lake Koman, there is a daily

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. During the summer tourist season, two taxi services run between Koman at the other end of the lake to Fierzë and Breg-Lumi. The pier at Breg-Lumi is moved according to the water level of the lake and usually consists of only a small concrete ramp on an unpaved, flat surface. A road links Fierzë, where a bridge crosses the Drin, to the town of

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around 15 km to the north and to Fushë-Arrëz in the south which was previously very difficult to reach because of the mountains in the way. The ferry on Lake Fierzë, which goes to

Kukës Kukës ( sq-definite, Kukësi) is a city in the Republic of Albania. The city is the capital of the surrounding municipality of Kukës and county of Kukës, one of 12 constituent counties of the republic. It spans and had a total population of 16 ...

, was already in service in the 1990s. Remains of

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buildings and a Roman street have been found in Fierzë. New Catholic churches have been built in Fierzë-Pukë and Breg-Lumi.

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Former municipalities in Kukës County Administrative units of Tropojë Towns in Albania {{Kukës-geo-stub