Lezhë County

Lezhë County is one of the 12 counties of Albania. It has the districts Kurbin, Lezhë and Mirditë. The capital is Lezhë.

Lezhë has a small western shoreline on the Adriatic Sea.

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%)
Religion in Lezhë County (2011 census)
religion percent
Catholic
 
 98.38%
Muslim
 
 1.62%
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%

41°45′N 19°50′E

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