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
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