Shënkoll

Shënkoll Shenkoll ( Designation in an indefinite and definite form )
Coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′  N , 19 ° 39 ′  E
Basic data
Qark :	Lezha
Municipality :	Lezha
Height :	5  m above sea level A.
Area :	32.4 km²
Residents :	13,102 (2011)
Population density  :	404 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	4501-4502

Shënkoll is a village in northern Albania in the municipality of Lezha in Lezha Qark . The name Shënkoll translates as Saint Nicholas .

Shënkoll prison

Shënkoll is located on the flat coastal plain north of the Mat River . In the west the place borders on the Adriatic Sea . The flat beach of the Drin Gulf near Tale has only been poorly developed in contrast to other parts of the country's coastline.

The SH1 , an expressway that connects central Albania with the north of the country, runs east of Shënkoll . There is a prison between Shënkoll and the Mat .

Until 2015 Shënkoll was an independent municipality ( komuna ) . In 2011 the municipality had 13,102 inhabitants (2011 census). This made it one of the largest communities in Albania.

The municipality and today's administrative unit (njesia administrative) with an area of ​​32.4 square kilometers consisted of the following villages:

• Shënkoll
• Rrila
• Tale ( Tale 1, Tale 2 )
• Barbulloja
• Gryka e Lumit
• Gajush

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Volker Grundmann: With the mobile home to Albania . In: WOMO series . tape 75 . Wohnmobil-Verlag, Mitteldorf 2013, ISBN 978-3-86903-751-6 .
2. ↑ 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]).
3. ↑ Njesia administrative Shënkoll. (PDF) In: Këshilli i Qarkut Lezhë. Retrieved April 29, 2019 (Albanian).