Blinisht, Lezhë Explained

Type:	mu
Official Name:	Blinisht
County:	Lezhë
Municipality:	Lezhë
Coordinates:	41.8833°N 57°W
Population As Of:	2023
Population Unit:	1878

Blinisht 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 2023 census was 1,878.^[2]

Blinisht is located in the Zadrima region and the municipal unit includes 7 settlements:^[3]

• Baqel
• Blinisht
• Fishtë
• Kodhel
• Krajnë
• Piraj
• Troshan

History

The region has been subordinate both the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lezhë and Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë.

People

• Pjetër Zarishi (1806-1866), Albanian catholic priest and poet

Notes and References

1. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6373–6374. 25 February 2022.
2. Web site: Population and Housing Census, Lezhë 2023 . 107 . 9 November 2024 . INSTAT.
3. Web site: Qarku Lezhe >> Komuna Blinisht. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131015203505/http://www.aac-al.org/komuna_info.php?idk=2095&idr=19&idq=9&l=a. 2013-10-15.