Zejmen

Zejmen 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.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 5,660.[2]

Zejmen
Zejmen is located in Albania
Zejmen
Zejmen
Coordinates: 41°43′N 19°41′E
Country Albania
CountyLezhë
MunicipalityLezhë
Population
 (2011)
  Municipal unit
5,660
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Demographic history

Zejmen (Zojmen) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the timar of Abdullah in the vilayet of Dimitri Gjonima. The settlement had a total of five households represented by the following household heads: Gjergj Gjika, Gjon Sujma, Domenik Hajmili, Progon Nizha, and Dimitri Dromshi.[3]

References

  1. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6373–6374. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. 2011 census results
  3. Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 171.


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