Lezhë District () was one of the 36

districts of Albania Districts ( or ) were first and second-level administrative subdivisions of Albania, administrative divisions of Albania from 19132000. Their number, size, and status changed over time. From 1991 to 2000, the 36 districts were organized into 12 ...

, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 newly created

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. It had a population of 68,218 in 2001, and an area of . It is in the north-west of the country, and its capital was the city of

Lezhë Lezhë (, sq-definite, Lezha) is a List of cities and towns in Albania, city in the Republic of Albania and seat of Lezhë County and Lezhë Municipality. It is one of Albania's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously i ...

. The area of the former district is with the present

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, which is part of

Lezhë County Lezhë County () is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population as of 2021 was 120,678, in an area of 1,620 km².League of Lezhë The League of Lezhë (), also commonly referred to as the Albanian League (), was a military and diplomatic alliance of the Albanian aristocracy, created in the city of Lezhë on 2 March 1444. The League of Lezhë is considered the first unif ...

was created under the order of

Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg Gjergj Kastrioti (17 January 1468), commonly known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanian feudal lord and military commander who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in what is today Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Ser ...

. Many famous people are from Lezhë, such as Frang Bardhi and Gjergj Fishta. The waves of the

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which hit the shore of Lezhë start at the

Shëngjin Shëngjin () is a coastal town and a former municipality in Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality of Lezhë. The population at the 2023 census was 6,963. Shëngjin i ...

Harbor, one of the three largest harbors of Albania, and up to Tale. The rivers

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and Drin flow through the district and pour into the Adriatic Sea.

Administrative divisions

The district consisted of the following municipalities (population in 2007 in parentheses): * Balldren i Ri (9,872) * Blinisht (5,177) * Dajç (7,053) *

Kallmet Kallmet is a former municipality in the Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Lezhë Lezhë (, sq-definite, Lezha) is a List of cities and towns in Albania, city i ...

(6,607) * Kolsh (6,259) *

(24,994) *

(10,340) *

Shënkoll Shënkoll (Albanian for St. Nicholas) is a village and a former municipality in the Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Lezhë. The population at the 2023 census was ...

(13,523) * Ungrej (3,154) * Zejmen (8,752) Note: - urban municipalities in bold

References

External links

Lezha.eu
Lezha Online News
Lezha.info
Lezha Travel & Tourism
Shengjini.com
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