Ishëm is a former municipality in the Durrës County, northwestern

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

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

Durrës Durrës ( , ; sq-definite, Durrësi) is the List of cities and towns in Albania#List, second most populous city of the Albania, Republic of Albania and county seat, seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is one of Albania's oldest ...

. The population at the 2011 census was 5,001.2011 census results
Ishëm Castle is located in the municipal unit.

Famous peoples

* Ibrahim Kodra

Gallery

File:Kalaja, Ishëm.jpg, Ishëm Castle File:Kepi i Rodonit.jpg, Cape of Rodon File:Varri i piktorit Ibrahim Kodrës, Ishëm.jpg, Ibrahim Kodra tomb File:Ishëm (1).jpg, Ishëm File:Cape of Rodon (Cape of Skanderbeg).jpg, St. Anthony Church File:St Anthony Church at Rodon 2016-07-15 02.jpg, St. Anthony Church File:Kepi i Rodonit – Kirche.jpg, St. Anthony Church

See

* Ishëm (river) * Ishëm Castle * Rodoni Castle *

Cape of Rodon The Cape of Rodon or Cape of Skanderbeg ( or ''Kepi i Skenderbeut'') is a rocky cape on the Adriatic Sea north of Durrës, Albania. On the cape is the Rodoni Castle, built by Skanderbeg in 1463, and Saint Anthony Church. Further south in the ba ...

* St. Anthony Church, Durrës

References

Administrative units of Durrës Former municipalities in Durrës County Populated places disestablished in 2015 {{Durrës-geo-stub