Kurbin district
Circle : | Kurbin |
Main place: | Laç |
Qark : | Lezha district |
Surface: | 263 km² |
Residents: | 46,291 as of 2011 |
Population density: |
176.01 inhabitants / km² |
ISO-3166-2 code: | AL-KB |
License plate : | LA |
The Kurbin district ( Albanian : Rrethi i Kurbinit ) was one of the 36 administrative districts in Albania that were abolished in the summer of 2015 following an administrative reform. The capital of the district was Laç . With an area of 263 square kilometers, it was the third smallest district in Albania. Today the area in the Qark Lezha forms the municipality Kurbin .
Kurbin is located on the shores of the Adriatic around 30 kilometers north of Tirana .
In 2011 there were 46,291 inhabitants in the Kurbin district (census). However, the local authorities gave a number of 73,287 inhabitants (2007).
Kurbin belonged to the Kruja district until the early 1990s . In 1992 it was founded as Laç County. In 1999 the district got its current name. The official abbreviation has since been KB . The abbreviation LA is still used on license plates .
Surname | Residents | Community type |
---|---|---|
Laç | 17,086 | Bashkia |
Mamurras | 15,284 | Bashkia |
Fushë-Kuqja | 5,460 | Komuna |
Milot | 8,461 | Komuna |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Rrethi Kurbin. In: Këshilli i Qarku Lezhë. Archived from the original on November 27, 2012 ; Retrieved January 13, 2009 (Albanian).
- ↑ a b 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]).