Mamëz

Mamëz is a village in Komuna e Kolshit, Bashkia Kukës, Kukës County. Mamëz is situated nearby to the village Kolsh, as well as near Drinas.

Type: Village
Description: village in Kukës County, Albania
Also known as: “Mamez”, “Mamezi”, “Mamz”, and “Mamza”
Address: KUKËS

Places of Interest

Highlights include Black Drin and Kukës Bridge.

Black Drin

River

Photo: Eqerem Karaj, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Black Drin or Black Drim, is a river in North Macedonia and Albania. It flows out of lake Ohrid in Struga, North Macedonia. It is 149 km long and its drainage basin is 3,504 km2.

Kukës Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Aurora Doci, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kukës Bridge is situated 4 km northeast of Mamëz.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kukës and Kalimash.

Kukës

Photo: Shkelzen Rexha Gjakovë, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kukës is a town of 36,000 people in Northeastern Albania, and the last one before the Kosovo border. The surrounding area is dominated by mountainous and high terrain. Kukës is a good centre for fishing and walking in the surrounding mountains.

Kalimash

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kalimash is a village in the former municipality of Malzi in Kukës County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Kukës. There are several chromium mines near the village. Kalimash is situated 6 km northwest of Mamëz.