Zejmen Explained

Type:mu
Official Name:Zejmen
County:Lezhë
Municipality:Lezhë
Coordinates:41.7167°N 60°W
Population As Of:2023
Population Unit:4042

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 2023 census was 4,042.[2]

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. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6373–6374. 25 February 2022.
  2. Web site: Population and Housing Census, Lezhë 2023 . 107 . 9 November 2024 . INSTAT.
  3. Book: Caka . Eduart . Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467 . 2019 . Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë . Tiranë . 171.