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Rrëshen
Municipal unit
Coordinates: 41°46′N 19°53′E / 41.77°N 19.88°E / 41.77; 19.88
Country Albania
CountyLezhë
MunicipalityMirditë
 • Municipal unit120 km2 (50 sq mi)
Elevation
90 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipal unit
8,803
 • Municipal unit density73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code
4601-4602
Area Code0216
Websitewww.bashkiarreshen.com

Rrëshen (Albanian definite form: Rrësheni) is a small town and a former municipality in Lezhë County, in northern Albania.

History

In 1921, the city served as the de facto capital of the unrecognised state of the Republic of Mirdita.

At the 2015 local government reform it 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 2011 census was 8,803.[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 sprung up in the area. The trunk route from the Kosovar border to Tirana and Durrës pass to 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 change and a rise in the mining industry have boosted the city's status although 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 Katedralja e Jezusi i Vetmi Shpëtimtar i Botës ('Cathedral of Jesus Saviour of the World') 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 in the province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tiranë–Durrës.

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

References

  1. ^ Law nr. 115/2014
  2. ^ 2011 census results
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