Kastrat_(municipality)

Kastrat (municipality)

Kastrat (municipality)

Municipal unit in Shkodër, Albania

This article is about an administrative unit in Albania. For other uses, see Kastrat.

Kastrat is a former municipality in the Shkodër County, northwestern Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Malësi e Madhe.[2] The population at the 2011 census was 6,883.[3]

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Name

Its name contains the Albanian suffix -at, widely used to form toponyms from personal names and surnames.[4][5]

Settlements

There are 12 settlements within Kastrat, of which Bajzë maintains city status.

  1. Marshej
  2. Bajzë
  3. Bratosh
  4. Goraj
  5. Gradec
  6. Hot
  7. Ivanaj
  8. Jeran
  9. Kastrat
  10. Pjetroshan
  11. Rrapshë
  12. Vukpalaj
  13. Rrogom

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Komuna Kastrat, Rrethi Malësi e Madhe" (in Albanian). Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6374–6375. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. [3]
    2011 census results Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  4. [4]
    Çabej, Eqerem (1976). Studime gjuhësore: Hyrje në historinë e gjuhës shqipe. Fonetika historike. Parashtesat. Biblioteka Linguistikë (in Albanian). Rilindja. p. 210. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  5. [5]
    Dhrimo, Ali (2008). Për shqipen dhe shqiptarët. Për shqipen dhe shqiptarët. Infbotues. p. 425. ISBN 978-99956-720-0-3.


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