Gjadër

Gjadër
Village
Gjadër
Coordinates: 41°52′48″N 19°35′29″E / 41.88000°N 19.59139°ECoordinates: 41°52′48″N 19°35′29″E / 41.88000°N 19.59139°E
Country  Albania
County Lezhë County
District Lezhë District
Municipality Dajç, Lezhë
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Car Plates LE

Gjadër is a settlement in the Lezhë District, northwestern Albania.[1] It is known for the former military air base famous during the Cold War.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

Notable people

References

  1. Geonames. "Location of Gjader". Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  2. Vickers, Miranda; Pettifer, James (March 2000). Albania: from anarchy to a Balkan identity. NYU Press. pp. 226–. ISBN 978-0-8147-8805-9.
  3. "Report of a Visit to Parts of Turkey, Bar, Albania and Serbia". Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  4. Deusch, Engelbert (2009-05-20). Das Kultusprotektorat Österreich (-Ungarns) im albanischen Siedlungsgebiet in seinem kulturellen, politischen und wirtschaftlichen Umfeld. Böhlau Verlag Wien. p. 94. ISBN 978-3-205-78150-9. Retrieved 8 October 2010.