Shënkoll | |
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Coordinates: 41°41′N 19°39′E / 41.683°N 19.650°E | |
Country | Albania |
County | Lezhë |
Municipality | Lezhë |
Population (2011) | |
• Municipal unit | 13,102 |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
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. [1] The population at the 2011 census was 13,102. [2]
Shënkoll is a rapidly developing village situated 10 km south of the town of Lezhë, near the mouth of the river Mat.
Shënkoll is inhabited by a number of brotherhoods and families who trace their ancestry back to the Malësia ethnographic region situated in the extreme north of Albania as well as in eastern Montenegro. The vast majority of families originate from the historical Kelmendi tribe and arrived during the early nineteenth century. The families of Shënkoll include the: [3]
Uci, Mark (2017). Lezha, tempulli i historisë kombëtare. Lezhë, Albania: Gjergj Fishta.
Shënkoll | |
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Coordinates: 41°41′N 19°39′E / 41.683°N 19.650°E | |
Country | Albania |
County | Lezhë |
Municipality | Lezhë |
Population (2011) | |
• Municipal unit | 13,102 |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
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. [1] The population at the 2011 census was 13,102. [2]
Shënkoll is a rapidly developing village situated 10 km south of the town of Lezhë, near the mouth of the river Mat.
Shënkoll is inhabited by a number of brotherhoods and families who trace their ancestry back to the Malësia ethnographic region situated in the extreme north of Albania as well as in eastern Montenegro. The vast majority of families originate from the historical Kelmendi tribe and arrived during the early nineteenth century. The families of Shënkoll include the: [3]
Uci, Mark (2017). Lezha, tempulli i historisë kombëtare. Lezhë, Albania: Gjergj Fishta.