Zejmen is a village and a former municipality in the Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Lezhë.[1] The population at the 2023 census was 4,042.[2]
Zejmen | |
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.svg)  Zejmen | |
| Coordinates: 41°43′N 19°41′E / 41.717°N 19.683°E | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Lezhë |
| Municipality | Lezhë |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Municipal unit | 4,042 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Demographic history
editZejmen (Zojmen) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the timar of Abdullah in the vilayet of Dimitri Gjonima. The settlement had a total of five households represented by the following household heads: Gjergj Gjika, Gjon Sujma, Domenik Hajmili, Progon Nizha, and Dimitri Dromshi.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6373–6374. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ "Population and Housing Census, Lezhë 2023" (PDF). INSTAT. p. 107. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 171.
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