Laç

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Laç
Municipal unit
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Laç
Coordinates: 41°38′7″N19°42′47″E / 41.63528°N 19.71306°E / 41.63528; 19.71306
CountryFlag of Albania.svg  Albania
County Lezhë
Municipality Kurbin
 • Municipal unit14.18 km2 (5.47 sq mi)
Elevation
27 m (89 ft)
Population
 (2023 [1] )
 • Municipal unit
12,854
 • Municipal unit density910/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal Code
4701-4703
Area Code(0)53

Laç (pronounced [lat͡ʃ] ; Albanian definite form : Laçi) is a town and a former municipality in Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision and the seat of the municipality Kurbin. [2] It was the administrative center of the former Kurbin District. The population as of the 2023 census is 12,854. [1] Its associated football club is KF Laçi.

Contents

Laç is served by Laç Railway Station.

Name

Laç means swampy land in Albanian. Similar toponyms in Albania are Laç-Bruç, Kodër-Laç, Përroi i Laçit, Fushë-Laç etc. [3]

Demographic history

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19695,500—    
19799,500+72.7%
198918,123+90.8%
200119,424+7.2%
201117,086−12.0%
202312,854−24.8%
Source: [4] [5] [1]

Laç is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a hass-ı mir-liva property in the vilayet of Kurbin. The settlement had only four households which were represented by the following household heads: Pal Suma, Nikolla Smaka, Gjergj Marku, and Tanush Znishi. [6]

Church of St. Anthony

Known as "Kisha e Laçit" or "Kisha e Shna Ndout" in Albanian, this church is dedicated to St Anthony of Padua.

Notable people

Albani family

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Census of Population and Housing". Institute of Statistics Albania.
  2. ↑ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6373–6374. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ↑ Studime filologjike. Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH, Instituti i Gjuhësisë dje i Letërsisë. 1983. p. 135.
  4. ↑ "Cities of Albania".
  5. ↑ "Albania: All places/communes".
  6. ↑ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 21.


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