Lenie ''()'' is a village and a former municipality in the

Elbasan County Elbasan County () is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population is 232,580 (as of 2023), in an area of 3199 km2. Its capital is the city Elbasan. Administrative divisions Until 2000, Elbasan County was subdivided into four districts: ...

, in central

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 Gramsh. The population at the 2011 census was 779.2011 census results
It comprises six villages: *Shënepremte ''()'', the center of the commune, also known as Lenie *Bicaj *Kuratë *Grabovë e Poshtme *

Grabovë e Sipërme Grabovë e Sipërme (also: ''Grabova''; ,Ewa KocojArtifacts of the Past as Traces of Memory. The Aromanian Cultural Heritage in the Balkans page 167, Res Historica 41, 2016 ) is a village in Albania inhabited by Aromanians. The village is located ...

'' ()'' *Valth (Tarragjin)

Geography

The commune is the southeasternmost one of

. It is surrounded by mountains, whereas the stream of Grabova, flowing east to west from

Valamara Valamara is a massif located in eastern Albania. Converging on the borders between Korçë, Gramsh, and Pogradec municipalities, it rises at a height of . The northern boundary is marked by Guri i Topit and the southern limit by Lenie (2012 m). ...

mountain, into Devoll river, divides the area in two parts. To the north the commune borders with ''Komjan mountain'', in the south lies ''Sogor mountain'' (), to the east it borders with

mountain and to the southeast with ''Lenia mountain''. The whole region slopes gradually down to the Devoll valley in the western part. Archaeological evidences tell the region was inhabited from ancient times. It is possible to visit the ruins of a

medieval castle A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble. This i ...

of the 14th century.FJALORI ENCIKLOPEDIK SHQIPTAR, Akademia e Shkencave, Tirane 1984 (page 600: LENIASI)

References

Former municipalities in Elbasan County Administrative units of Gramsh, Elbasan Villages in Elbasan County {{Elbasan-geo-stub