Lezhë County
County of Albania
County in Albania
Lezhë County Qarku i Lezhës (Albanian) | |
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 View from Lezhë Castle | |
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| Coordinates: high · 9th of 12 | |
| NUTS Code | AL014 |
| Website | Official Website |
Lezhë County (Albanian: Qarku i Lezhës) is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population as of 2021 was 120,678,[1] in an area of 1620 km².[2] Its capital is the city Lezhë.
Administrative divisions
Until 2000, Lezhë County was subdivided into three districts: Kurbin, Lezhë, and Mirditë. Since the 2015 local government reform, the county consists of the following 3 municipalities: Kurbin, Lezhë and Mirditë.[3] Before 2015, it consisted of the following 21 municipalities:
The municipalities consist of about 175 towns and villages in total. See Villages of Lezhë County for a structured list.
Demographics
According to the last national census from 2011 this county has 134,027 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the county include:[2]
- Albanians = 116,469 (86.90%)
- Greeks = 41 (0.03%)
- Macedonians = 9 (0.01%)
- Montenegrins = 8 (0.01%)
- Aromanians = 15 (0.01%)
- Romani = 187 (0.14%)
- Egyptians = 240 (0.18%)
- others = 18 (0.01%)
- no answer = 17,040 (12.71%)
| Religion in Lezhë County (2011 census) | ||||
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| religion | percent | |||
| Catholic | 72.38% | |||
| Muslim | 14.81% | |||
| Prefer not to answer | 8% | |||
| Not relevant/not stated | 3.13% | |||
| Believers without denomination | 1.09% | |||
| Atheist | 0.33% | |||
| Orthodox | 0.25% | |||
| Evangelist or Protestant | 0.06% | |||
| Others | 0.01% | |||
| Other Christian | 0.01% | |||
References
- ^ a b "Population on 1st January by prefecture and sex" (PDF). INSTAT. 7 May 2021. p. 6.
- ^ a b 2011 census results Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6373–6374. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lezhë County.
- Regional Council of Lezha
- Lezha Online News
- Lezha Travel & Tourism
- Shengjini Travel & Tourism
- Mirdita Tourism Portal
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Subdivisions of Lezhë County | ||
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County Seat: Lezhë | ||
| Municipality of Kurbin |
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| Municipality of Lezhë | ||
| Municipality of Mirditë | ||
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