Milot, Laç

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Milot ( Albanian: Miloti ) is a small town in the Lezha and Qark in a circle Kurbin in northern Albania. It is located around 41 kilometers from the capital Tirana on way to Shkodra. The municipality has 8461 inhabitants. The local authorities shall indicate even approximately 13,000 inhabitants, with less than two -thirds of the families living in the 13 associated villages.

Milot is on the eastern edge of the coastal plain. Here the river Mat in an incision passes through the Skanderbeggebirge from the mountains and crosses in a wide bed, the coastal plain. The little town on the south bank of the river takes place in its foothills, the mountain slopes high.

The place is an important transportation hub: Over the bridges of Milot the north-west is connected to the rest of the country, on the other hand the roads to east and northeast Albania: The Mat Valley serves as a gateway to the mountainous regions of North Albania with roads in the Mirdita and further into the regions of Kukes, Has and Tropoja and after Mat and on to Bulqiza and Peshkopia. Three bridges, one of which combines a road and railroad, lead here today across the river - the oldest bridge in 1927 created Zogu Bridge, was the first large steel arch bridge in Albania.

A new highway (SH1 ) a few kilometers to the west in the plane relieves the place for some years from the through traffic on the north- south route. From these branches at Milot from the new A1 motorway, which leads to Kukes and Kosovo since June 2009. The Stretches bypasses Milot in a narrow strip on the south bank of the mat along the last houses of the village.

The route of the Albanian railways Hekurudha Shqiptare to Shkodra performs Milot. A branch line to Rubik and Rrëshen was shut down, the route was partially used for the construction of motorways.