Rrëshen

Rrëshen
Rrëshen
Municipal unit
	Rrëshen
	Coordinates: 41°46′N 19°53′E / 41.767°N 19.883°E
Country	Albania
County	Lezhë
Municipality	Mirditë
• Municipal unit	120 km2 (50 sq mi)
Elevation	90 m (300 ft)
Population (2023)
• Municipal unit	6,773
• Municipal unit density	56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code	4601, 4602
Area Code	0216
Website	www.bashkiarreshen.com

Rrëshen (Albanian definite form: Rrësheni) is a small town and a former municipality in Lezhë County, in northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform, Rrëshen became a subdivision and the seat of the municipality Mirditë.^[1] It was the administrative seat of the former Mirditë District. The population at the 2023 census was 6,773.^[2]

The City

As an administrative seat, the town has schools and a hospital. After the Communist era, new facilities such as a hotel, a restaurant, and a cultural centre appeared in the area. The trunk route from the Kosovar border to Tirana and Durrës passes on each side of Rrëshen, providing good communications with the capital and the Adriatic. Before the Second World War, the city was classed as a small village, but administrative changes and an increase in the mining industry boosted the city's status. However, since the fall of Communism, most of the mines have become disused. This has resulted in mass migration to Tirana and larger, more industrial centres.

Religion

Its cathedral, Katedralja e Jezusi i Vetmi Shpëtimtar i Botës, is the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rrëshen, which was created in 1996 by promoting the Territorial Abbacy of Shën Llezhri i Oroshit from Territorial Abbey to a bishopric. It is a suffragan diocese in the province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tiranë–Durrës.

Gallery

Zogu Bridge
Fan River Canyon
Fan Valley in Reps
Rubik Church on top left along A1 Highway
Rrëshen church
Mosaic in Rrëshen

Notable people

Eugent Bushpepa (born 1984), singer and songwriter
Musine Kokalari (born 1917), writer and political activist
Albion Marku (born 2000), footballer
Edison Ndreca (born 1994), footballer
Fatmir Vata (born 1979), footballer

References

^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6373–6374. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ "Population and Housing Census, Lezhë 2023" (PDF). INSTAT. p. 108. Retrieved 9 November 2024.

Sources and external links

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[1] "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6373–6374. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

[2] "Population and Housing Census, Lezhë 2023" (PDF). INSTAT. p. 108. Retrieved 9 November 2024.

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