Kolsh
Kolsh 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. The population at the 2023 census was 3,817.- Type: Locality with 4,230 residents
- Description: Municipal unit in Lezhë County, Albania
- Also known as: “Kolç”, “Kolsh, Lezhë”, and “Komuna e Kolcit”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lezhë Castle and Mosque of Lezha.
Lezhë Castle
Castle
Photo: Belgian man, Public domain.
The Lezhë Castle is a castle dominating the city of Lezhë, northern Albania. Its highest point is 186 metres. Lezhë Castle is at an elevation of 322 metres.
Mosque of Lezha
Mosque
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of Saint Nicholas, also known as the Selimije Mosque, the Church-Mosque of Lezhë, and, since the 1980s, as the Skanderbeg National Memorial, is a former Roman Catholic church and subsequently a former Islamic mosque, and now a mausoleum and monument that contains the remains of Skanderbeg.
Brian Filipi Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brian Filipi Stadium, a.k.a. former Besëlidhja Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Lezhë, Albania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of KS Besëlidhja Lezhë.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grykë Manati and Ishull Lezhë.
Grykë Manati
Village
Grykë Manati is a village in Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. When local government was reformed in 2015, the village became part of the municipality of Lezhë.
Ishull Lezhë
Village
Ishull Lezhë is a settlement in the Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. It is part of the former municipality Shëngjin. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Lezhë. Ishull Lezhë is situated 4 km southwest of Kolsh.
Balldren
Village
Balldren 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. The population at the 2023 census was 3,792. Balldren is situated 6 km northwest of Kolsh.
Kolsh
- Categories: bashkia and Communes of Albania
- Location: Lezhë, Lezhë County, Coastal Albania, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Kolsh” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Komuna Kolsh”
- Albanian: “Njësia administrative Kolsh”
- Cebuano: “Komuna e Kolçit”
- Dutch: “Kolsh”
- French: “Kolsh”
- German: “Kolç”
- German: “Kolçi”
- Hungarian: “Kolsh”
- Hungarian: “Kolshi alközség”
- Italian: “Kolsh”
- Malay: “Kolsh, Lezhë”
- Malay: “Kolsh”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kolç”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kolsh i Lezhë”
- Polish: “Gmina Kolsh”
- Portuguese: “Kolsh”
- Swedish: “Komuna e Kolçit”
- Turkish: “Kolsh, Leş”
- Vietnamese: “Kolsh, Lezhë”
- Vietnamese: “Kolsh”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kolsh, Lezhë”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kolsh”
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