Blinisht is a village and a former municipality in the
Lezhë County
Lezhë County ( sq, Qarku i Lezhës) is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population as of 2021 was 120,678, in an area of 1620 km². , northwestern
Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...
. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality
Lezhë
Lezhë (, sq-definite, Lezha) is a city in the Republic of Albania and seat of Lezhë County and Lezhë Municipality.
One of the main strongholds of the Labeatai, the earliest of the fortification walls of Lezhë are of typical Illyrian cons ...
. The population at the 2011 census was 3,361.
Geography
Blinisht is located in the
Zadrima
Zadrima is an ethnographic region situated in north-western Albania between the cities of Shkodra and Lezha, located left of the Lower Drin which eventually drains into the Adriatic Sea from near Lezha.
Geography
The Zadrima Plain includes vi ...
region.
Settlements
The municipal unit includes 7 settlements:
Blinisht ·
Troshan ·
Fishtë ·
Krajnë ·
Piraj ·
Baqel ·
Kodhel
Kodheli is a small village located in the center of Zadrima plain in the Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Lezhë.
Kodheli is located between the city of Lezhë to the sout ...
History
The region has been subordinate both the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lezhë
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lezhë ( la, Dioecesis Alexiensis) is a diocese located in the city of Lezhë in the Ecclesiastical province of Shkodër–Pult in Albania.
History
* 1400: Established as Diocese of Lezhë
Ordinaries
* Bishops of ...
and
Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë
The Diocese of Sapë ( la, Dioecesis Sappensis, sq, Dioqeza e Sapës) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Albania. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolita ...
.
People
*
Pjetër Zarishi (1806-1866), Albanian catholic priest and poet
References
Former municipalities in Lezhë County
Administrative units of Lezhë
Villages in Lezhë County
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