Blinisht
| Blinisht | |||
Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ' N , 19 ° 38' E |
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| Basic data | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qark : | Lezha | ||
| Height : | 5 m above sea level A. | ||
| Area : | 38.1 km² | ||
| Residents : | 3361 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 88 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 4505 | ||
| Politics and administration | |||
| Structure : | 7 villages | ||
Blinisht ( Albanian also Blinishti ) is a village in the north of the municipality of Lezha in northern Albania . The place is located on the Zadrima plain, which is crossed by the old Drin . The district capital Lezha is about twelve kilometers south, Shkodra about 25 kilometers north and the Adriatic Sea - separated by two hills - not quite ten kilometers southwest.
Until 2015, Blinisht was an independent municipality ( komuna ) , which was then merged with the other municipalities in the Lezha district.
The old parish had an area of 38 square kilometers and according to the 2011 census, 3361 inhabitants. The local authorities give around 5700 inhabitants (2012). The region is very rural. In addition to the main town of Blinisht, where a little more than a thousand people live (2011), the six villages of Troshan , Fishta , Krajna , Piraj , Baqël and Kodhel also belonged to the municipality or the current administrative unit of Blinisht. These villages are all in the eastern part of the plain or at the lower foot of the slope.
Blinisht belongs to the Zadrima, a fertile plain which, as a Catholic area, is also an ethnographic region. The parish of Blinisht - then Blijnisti - was described by Frang Bardhi as the richest and largest in Albania in the 17th century . He described Blinisht as a large village that owed its wealth to 150 Christian families. At that time one of the nine churches of the Zadrima was also in Troshan. In 1639, one of the first schools in Albania was opened in Blinisht, where Franciscans also taught Albanian for the first time. The Franciscan Gjergj Fishta , probably the most important poet in Northern Albania, was born in the village of Fishta in 1871 .
Today there is a new, large church in Blinisht. In 2011, 95.98% of the community's residents said they were Catholic in the census .
The Lezha – Shkodra expressway (SH1) runs in the far west of the municipality . Since its construction shortly after 2000, the region, which was previously difficult to access, has been better developed. There is a stop for the Albanian Railway near the village of Baqël .
The toponym is derived from the tree genus of the linden (Albanian: bli ), which occurs frequently in this region.
Personalities
- Nikollë Troshani (1915–1994, born in Troshan), Roman Catholic clergyman and Apostolic Administrator of Durrës
- Ernest Simoni (* 1928 in Troshan), Roman Catholic priest and cardinal
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Postcodes from Lezha County. In: Geopostcodes.com. Retrieved March 6, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c Njësia Administrative Blinisht. (PDF) In: Këshilli i Qarkut Lezhë. Retrieved April 29, 2019 (Albanian).
- ↑ Ines Nurja: Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave / Population and Housing Census - Lezhë 2011 . Results Kryesore / Main Results. Ed .: INSTAT . Pjesa / Part 1. Adel Print, Tirana 2013 ( instat.gov.al [PDF; accessed April 14, 2019]).
- ↑ Rreth Projectit. (No longer available online.) In: Zadrima Toka Jone. Archived from the original on January 18, 2015 ; retrieved on March 5, 2013 (Albanian): "[fshati] Blinisht, Komuna Blinisht, 253 familje, 1086 banore"
- ↑ a b Anila Prifti: Blinishti, fshati ku luten… September 21, 2009, accessed on March 6, 2013 (Albanian): “Në krah të djathtë të autostradës, sapo kalon Lezhën në drejtim të Shkodrës, shfaqet kisha e madhe. … Blinishtët ishin guvernatorët e fushës së Zadrimës, afër Lezhës dhe qendra e tyre ndodhej në Blinisht, sot fshat me 1200 banorë. "
- ↑ Komuna Blinisht. (No longer available online.) In: Shoqata e Komunave te Shqiperise. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013 ; Retrieved March 5, 2013 (Albanian).
- ^ Robert Elsie : Historical Dictionary of Albania . The Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2004, ISBN 0-8108-4872-4 , pp. 495 .
- ^ Frang Bardhi: A Description of Zadrima. 1641. In: Texts and Documents of Albanian History. Robert Elsie, accessed October 10, 2016 .
- ^ The Catholic Church in Albania . In: Albanian Catholic Information Center (Ed.): Albanian Catholic Buletin . Volume V, No. 1 & 2 , 1984, ISSN 0272-7250 , pp. 4–25 ( online [PDF; accessed March 6, 2013]).
- ^ Zadrima Territory. In: Zadrima Toka Jone. Retrieved on April 2, 2018 (English): "In Blinisht is opened the first Albanian school, in 1639."
- ^ Religious composition of Albania 2011. Retrieved May 9, 2017 .