Lezhë County
Lezhë County (Albanian: Qarku i Lezhës) is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population as of 2021 was 120,678, in an area of 1620 km². 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. 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:
- 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%)
References
- ^ "Konstituohet Këshilli i Qarkut të Lezhës". 6 September 2019.
- ^ "Population on 1st January by prefecture and sex" (PDF). INSTAT. 7 May 2021. p. 6.
- ^ 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.
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