Lezhë County (Albanian:Qarku i Lezhës) is one of the 12counties of Albania. The population as of 2021 was 120,678,[3] in an area of 1,620 km².[4] Its capital is the cityLezhë.
Until 2000, Lezhë County was subdivided into three districts:Kurbin,Lezhë, andMirditë. Since the 2015 local government reform, the county consists of the following 3 municipalities:Kurbin,Lezhë andMirditë.[5] Before 2015, it consisted of the following 21 municipalities:
Between the 2011 and 2023 censuses in Lezhë, the religious landscape showed some shifts. The Sunni Muslim population increased its share from 14.8% to 17.5%, andBektashi Muslims also saw a rise from 0.3% to 0.6%. TheCatholic Christian population, which remained the dominant group, increased from 72.3% to 74.4%.Orthodox Christians rose from 0.1% to 0.4%.Evangelical Christians increased from 0.0% to 0.2%.
There was a notable increase in theirreligious population:atheists rose from 0.1% to 0.5%, and those identifying asbelievers without denomination grew from 1.1% to 1.9%. Meanwhile, the "Prefer not to answer" category saw a significant decrease, dropping from 8.0% to 2.6%, and the "Not stated/other" category also decreased from 3.1% to 1.9%.[8]
Population of Lezhë according to religious group (2011–2023)
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