Mirditë municipality
Sign in to saveMirditë () is a municipality in Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. It was created in 2015 by the merger of the former municipalities Fan, Kaçinar, Kthellë, Orosh, Rrëshen, Rubik and Selitë. The seat of the municipality is the town Rrëshen. The total population is 22,103 (2011 census), in a total area of 870.26 km2. It is coterminous with the former Mirditë District. The municipality is located within the wider region of Mirdita whose territory is synonymous with the historic Albanian tribe of the same name.
Key facts
- Settlement (Albanian).type
- m
- Settlement (Albanian).name
- Mirditë
- Settlement (Albanian).flag
- Flag of Mirditë.gif
- Settlement (Albanian).emblem
- Stema e Bashkisë Mirditë.svg
- Settlement (Albanian).skyline
- Fan_Valley_at_Reps.jpg
- Settlement (Albanian).caption
- Fan Valley in Reps
- Settlement (Albanian).county
- Lezhë
- Settlement (Albanian).mayor
- Albert Mëlyshi
- Settlement (Albanian).party
- BF
- Settlement (Albanian).elevation
- 870.26
- Settlement (Albanian).population as of
- 2023
- Settlement (Albanian).population munic
- 13625
- Settlement (Albanian).postal code
- 4601-4602
- Settlement (Albanian).area code
- (0)216
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Albania
- Country
- Albania
- Located in
- Lezhë County
- Capital
- Rrëshen
- Population
- 22103
- Area
- 867
- Official website
- bashkiamirdite.gov.al
- Image
- Shtrungaj, Mirditë, Albania 2018 01.jpg
- Licence plate code
- AL
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- Category:Mirditë
- coextensive with
- Mirditë District
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- Mirditë
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Mirditë () is a municipality in Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. It was created in 2015 by the merger of the former municipalities Fan, Kaçinar, Kthellë, Orosh, Rrëshen, Rubik and Selitë. The seat of the municipality is the town Rrëshen. The total population is 22,103 (2011 census), in a total area of 870.26 km2. It is coterminous with the former Mirditë District. The municipality is located within the wider region of Mirdita whose territory is synonymous with the historic Albanian tribe of the same name.
During the time of Ottoman rule, Mirditë, along with the surrounding tribal regions, obtained a status of autonomy from the Ottomans and managed to preserve their Roman Catholic faith. The region is known as a stronghold of devout Catholicism.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mirditë municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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