Shalë is a former municipality in the

Shkodër County Shkodër County ( sq, Qarku i Shkodrës) is a county in northwestern Albania, with the capital in Shkodër. The county spans and had a total population of 197,177 people as of 2021. The county borders on the counties of Lezhë, Kukës and the ...

, 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 share ...

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

Shkodër Shkodër ( , ; sq-definite, Shkodra) is the fifth-most-populous city of the Republic of Albania and the seat of Shkodër County and Shkodër Municipality. The city sprawls across the Plain of Mbishkodra between the southern part of Lake Shko ...

. The population at the 2011 census was 1,804.2011 census results
Its name comes from the Shala tribe which lives in the area. The municipal unit covers the upper course of the river Shalë, and part of the

Accursed Mountains The Accursed Mountains ( sq, Bjeshkët e Nemuna; sh-Cyrl-Latn, Проклетије, Prokletije, ; both translated as "Cursed Mountains"), also known as the Albanian Alps ( sq, Alpet Shqiptare), are a mountain group in the western part of the ...

range. There are eleven small mountain villages in the municipality: Breg-Lumi,

Abat Abat is a community in the former Shalë municipality, Shkodër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Shkodër Shkodër ( , ; sq-definite, Shkodra) is the fifth-most-populous city o ...

, Nicaj-Shalë, Lekaj, Vuksanaj, Pecaj, Theth, Ndërhysaj, Gimaj, Nen-Mavriq, Mekshaj, and Lotaj.Albanian Association of Communes

Gallery

Image:ThethiValley.jpg, Theth valley Image:Theth_Valley.jpg, Theth valley

References

External links

Municipality of Shale Official Website
Former municipalities in Shkodër County Accursed Mountains Administrative units of Shkodër {{Shkodër-geo-stub