Laç | |
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From the top, View of Laç, Apartment Buildings, Laç Market | |
Coordinates: 41°38′7″N 19°42′47″E / 41.63528°N 19.71306°E | |
Country | Albania |
County | Lezhë |
Municipality | Kurbin |
• Municipal unit | 13.5 km2 (5.2 sq mi) |
Elevation | 27 m (89 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Municipal unit | 17,086 |
• Municipal unit density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Postal Code | 4701-4703 |
Area Code | (0)53 |
Laç (pronounced [lat͡ʃ]; Albanian definite form: Laçi) is a town and a former municipality in Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision and the seat of the municipality Kurbin. [1] It was the administrative center of the former Kurbin District. The population at the 2011 census was 17,086. [2] Its associated football club is KF Laçi.
Laç is served by Laç Railway Station.
Laç means swampy land in Albanian. Similar toponyms in Albania are Laç-Bruç, Kodër-Laç, Përroi i Laçit, Fushë-Laç etc. [3]
Laç is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a hass-ı mir-liva property in the vilayet of Kurbin. The settlement had only four households which were represented by the following household heads: Pal Suma, Nikolla Smaka, Gjergj Marku, and Tanush Znishi. [4]
Known as "Kisha e Laçit" or "Kisha e Shna Ndout" in Albanian, this church is dedicated to St Anthony of Padua.
Laç | |
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From the top, View of Laç, Apartment Buildings, Laç Market | |
Coordinates: 41°38′7″N 19°42′47″E / 41.63528°N 19.71306°E | |
Country | Albania |
County | Lezhë |
Municipality | Kurbin |
• Municipal unit | 13.5 km2 (5.2 sq mi) |
Elevation | 27 m (89 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Municipal unit | 17,086 |
• Municipal unit density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Postal Code | 4701-4703 |
Area Code | (0)53 |
Laç (pronounced [lat͡ʃ]; Albanian definite form: Laçi) is a town and a former municipality in Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision and the seat of the municipality Kurbin. [1] It was the administrative center of the former Kurbin District. The population at the 2011 census was 17,086. [2] Its associated football club is KF Laçi.
Laç is served by Laç Railway Station.
Laç means swampy land in Albanian. Similar toponyms in Albania are Laç-Bruç, Kodër-Laç, Përroi i Laçit, Fushë-Laç etc. [3]
Laç is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a hass-ı mir-liva property in the vilayet of Kurbin. The settlement had only four households which were represented by the following household heads: Pal Suma, Nikolla Smaka, Gjergj Marku, and Tanush Znishi. [4]
Known as "Kisha e Laçit" or "Kisha e Shna Ndout" in Albanian, this church is dedicated to St Anthony of Padua.