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Ishëm is a former municipality in the
Durrës County Durrës County (), officially the County of Durrës (), is a Counties of Albania, county in the Northern Albania, Northern Region of the Republic of Albania. It is the smallest by area and the List of counties of Albania by population, second mos ...
, 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

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Ibrahim Kodra Ibrahim Likmetaj Kodra (22 April 1918 – 7 February 2006) was an Albanian painter. Biography Kodra was born in Ishëm (Ishmi), Albania, son of Murat and Xhixhe. 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

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Ishëm (river) The Ishëm (or Ishmi; ) is a river in western Albania, which brings water to the area north of the Albanian capital, Tirana. It forms part of a watercourse (Tiranë- Gjole-Ishëm), but only the lower third of the watercourse is known as the Ishà ...
* 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