Lezhë District
The circuit Lezha (Albanian: Rrethi i Lezhës ) is one of the 36 administrative districts of Albania. It is named after the main town of Lezha and belongs to Qark Lezha. The county has an area of 473 km ² and 65,633 inhabitants ( 2011 census ). Local authorities say a number of 99 843 inhabitants (2007 ). Around three quarters of the inhabitants profess Catholicism.
Geography
The circuit Lezha is situated in the northwestern region of Albania on the coast of the Adriatic Sea and in the eastern foothills of the mountains of Mirdita. In the south of the river Mat forms the border, north of the Drin determines the landscape. The east of the circle is strongly undulating and very secluded part. East of Lezha and in the north- east the hills reach a height of 1,170 meters ( Maja Veles e ), respectively. 1,171 meters.
In Lezha the hills penetrate almost to the sea. Otherwise, the coastal plain is several kilometers deep. From Lezha northwest run along the Adriatic coast in parallel with two long, narrow chain of hills, rising almost 400 meters respectively from the plane. North of Lezha is the southern part of the fertile Zadrima level that extends to the present major distributary of the Drin and thus almost up to Shkodra.
Across the Zadrima flows from north to south of the small tributary of the River Drin ( Drini i Lezhës ), who has created at Lezha a passage between the northern Albanian mountains and the aforementioned range of hills to the sea. West of Lezha the wetland Kune - Vain is the Drin estuary, numerous lagoons and marshes. This ecosystem is endangered by man, which has its causes, especially in the rural-urban migration, lack of state power, respectively, corrupt authorities and the difficult economic conditions of the population.
Economy
How similar regions also suffers the area of Lezha from the decline of communism, which led to the loss of many jobs. In Lezha there are still large brownfield sites, and also the military airfield Gjader in Zadrima is shut down as far as possible. Especially in the hilly hinterland is still missing almost any infrastructure - many villages are not connected to the road network, many schools are in a dilapidated condition. Unlike in the plane, where many people have settled. The community Shënkoll on the southwestern edge of the circle has with 12,289 people ( 2011 census ), nearly as many inhabitants as the main town.
As a small regional center provides Lezha the supply of safe region - for example with regular farmers markets. The coastal plain of Lezha is also relatively well developed: the virtually completed motorway to the north Albania ends of Fushë - Kruja (Tirana ) Coming, on the western outskirts of the main town. Since 2005, she leads from the northern outskirts continue to Shkodra. In addition, the county has with Shëngjin also a small port, the only northern Albania. In 2004, there were transshipped goods in the amount of 293 300 tonnes. In addition, the international route of the Albanian Railroad to Montenegro by Lezha runs.
Of great economic importance in the district is especially tourism. The beach of Shëngjin opens in the summer many Albanians from Kosovo and the surrounding areas since here numerous hotels, apartments and restaurants have emerged. Quiet it is on the beach of the valley. From the historically significant sights of Lezha ( grave of Skanderbeg, castle ), however, no significant revenue can be gained.