Gjadër

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Gjadër
Village
Gjadër is located in Albania
Gjadër
Gjadër
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Country  Albania
County Lezhë
Municipality Lezhë
Administrative Unit Dajç
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Gjadër is a settlement in the Lezhë County, northwestern Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Lezhë.[2] It is known for the former military air base famous during the Cold War.[3]

History

According to Report of a Visit to Parts of Turkey, Bar, Albania and Serbia written by Marin Bici, Archbishop of Antivari at that time Gjadër was a village of about eighty houses, the vast majority of which was inhabited by Roman Catholics, while two or three houses were inhabited by Muslims.[4] According to the 1890 register of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë Gjadër at that time had a population of 438 people consisting of 388 Catholics and fifty Muslims.[5]

Notable people

References

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  2. ↑ Law nr. 115/2014
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