Durrës County

Durrës County, officially the County of Durrës, is a county in the Northern Region of the Republic of Albania. It is the smallest by area and the second most populous of the twelve counties, with 292,029 people within an area of 766 km2.
  • Type: county of Albania with 292,000 residents
  • Description: county of Albania
  • Also known as: “AL-02”, “AL012”, “comtat de Durres”, “comtat de Durrës”, “comte de Durres”, “comté de Durrës”, “condado de Durres”, “condato de Durres”, “condato de Durrës”, “condau de Durres”, “condau de Durrës”, “Contae Durres”, “Dirac ili”, “Drac”, “Dracki okrug”, “Duresi apgabals”, “Durres”, “Durres Coonty”, “Durres konderria”, “Durres lan”, “Durres län”, “Durrës län”, “Durres prefektur”, “Durresi maakond”, “Durresin maakunta”, “Kondado ng Durres”, “kraj Durrës”, “obwod Durres”, “Okrožje Durrës”, “okrug Durres”, “okrug Durrës”, “prefectura de Durres”, “prefecture de Durres”, “prefeutura de Durres”, “prefeutura de Durrës”, “provinco Durres”, “Qark Durres”, “Qarku Durres”, “Qarku i Durresit”, “Qyteti i Durrësit”, “Regiunea Durres”, “Νομός Δυρράχιου”, and “डुर्रेस काउंटी”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Gjuricaj Basilica.

Archaeological site
The is a Cultural Monument… is situated 3½ km north of Durrës County.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manëz.

Village
Photo: Albinfo, CC0.
or Manzë is a town and a former municipality in the Durrës County, western . is situated 6 km south of Durrës County.

Durrës County

Latitude
41.4833° or 41° 29′ north
Longitude
19.6167° or 19° 37′ east
Population
292,000
Elevation
71 metres (233 feet)
Open location code
8FHXFJM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Durrës County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Qarku i Durrësit”
  • Amharic: “ዱረስ ክልል”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة دوريس”
  • Aragonese: “prefectura de Durrazo”
  • Aragonese: “Prefectura de Durrazo”
  • Armenian: “Դուրրասի գավառ”
  • Armenian: “Դուրրես”
  • Asturian: “Condáu de Durrës”
  • Azerbaijani: “Durrës qəzası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Durres vilayəti”
  • Basque: “Durrës konderria”
  • Belarusian: “Дурэс”
  • Belarusian: “Дурэская вобласьць”
  • Bengali: “ডুরেস কাউন্টি”
  • Bengali: “দুরস কাউন্টি”
  • Bosnian: “Okrug Drač”
  • Breton: “Durrës”
  • Bulgarian: “Драч”
  • Bulgarian: “Дуръс”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Durrës”
  • Catalan: “Durrës”
  • Cebuano: “Qarku i Durrësit”
  • Chinese: “杜勒斯州”
  • Chinese: “都拉斯州”
  • Croatian: “Drački okrug”
  • Czech: “Drač”
  • Danish: “Durrës Præfektur”
  • Danish: “Durrës”
  • Dutch: “Durrës”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Durrës”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Durrës”
  • Estonian: “Durrësi maakond”
  • Finnish: “Durrësin maakunta”
  • French: “Comté de Durrës”
  • French: “Durrës”
  • French: “Préfecture de Durrës”
  • Galician: “condado de Durrës”
  • Galician: “Condado de Durrës”
  • Georgian: “დურესის ოლქი”
  • German: “Bezirk Durrës”
  • German: “Qark Durrës”
  • Greek: “Νομός Δυρραχίου”
  • Gujarati: “દુરેસ કાઉન્ટી”
  • Hausa: “Durres County”
  • Hindi: “डुर्रेस प्रांत”
  • Hungarian: “Durrës megye”
  • Icelandic: “Durrës-sýsla”
  • Ido: “Komtio Durrës”
  • Indonesian: “County Durrës”
  • Indonesian: “Durrës County”
  • Irish: “Contae Durrës”
  • Italian: “prefettura di Durazzo”
  • Italian: “Prefettura di Durazzo”
  • Japanese: “ドゥッレス県”
  • Japanese: “ドゥラス州”
  • Javanese: “County Durrës”
  • Javanese: “Kabupaten Durrës”
  • Kannada: “ಡರ್ರೆಸ್ ಕೌಂಟಿ”
  • Kazakh: “Дюррес округі”
  • Kirghiz: “Дюррес округу”
  • Kongo: “Durrës”
  • Korean: “두러스주”
  • Latin: “Praefectura Dyrracena”
  • Latvian: “Duresi ķarka”
  • Lithuanian: “Duresio apskritis”
  • Lombard: “Prefettura de Durazz”
  • Macedonian: “Драч”
  • Malay: “Daerah Durrës”
  • Malay: “Durres County”
  • Marathi: “दुरसे काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “دورس شهرستان”
  • Minangkabau: “County Durrës”
  • Mongolian: “Дуррес хошуу”
  • Northern Frisian: “Durrës”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Durrës”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Regionen Durrës”
  • Norwegian: “Durrës”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “prefectura de Durrës”
  • Oromo: “Giddina Durrës”
  • Panjabi: “ਡੁਰੇਸ ਕਾਉਂਟੀ”
  • Panjabi: “ਡੂਰੇਸ ਕਾਉਂਟੀ”
  • Persian: “شهرستان دوراس”
  • Persian: “شهرستان دورس”
  • Polish: “obwód Durrës”
  • Polish: “Obwód Durrës”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Durrës”
  • Portuguese: “Durrës”
  • Pushto: “د دوراس کاونټي”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Durrës”
  • Russian: “Дуррес”
  • Russian: “область Дуррес”
  • Scots: “Durrës Coonty”
  • Serbian: “Округ Драч”
  • Sinhala: “ඩරස් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “ඩුරස් ප්‍රාන්තය, ඇල්බේනියාව”
  • Slovak: “Drač”
  • Slovenian: “Qark Durrës”
  • Somali: “Degmada Durrës”
  • Spanish: “condado de Durrës”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Durrës”
  • Swahili: “Kaunti ya Durrës”
  • Swedish: “Durrës prefektur”
  • Tagalog: “Kondado ng Durrës”
  • Tajik: “Шахристони Дуррес”
  • Tamil: “டூர்ஸ் கவுண்டி”
  • Tatar: “Дюррес округы”
  • Telugu: “డురెస్ కౌంటీ”
  • Thai: “โลวเรนซ์ นา โพฮอร์จู”
  • Tumbuka: “Durrës County”
  • Turkish: “Dıraç ili”
  • Turkish: “Dıraç”
  • Ukrainian: “Дуррес”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ دراج”
  • Uzbek: “Durrës viloyati”
  • Vietnamese: “Durrës”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Durrës”
  • Welsh: “Swydd Durrës”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبا دورس”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ دراج”
  • Wu Chinese: “都拉斯州”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Mazha e Madhe and Mazha e Vogël.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Ujëmbledhësi i Tarinit and Mali i Kërçokës.

Albania: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Tirana and Durrës.

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