Ishëm is a former municipality in the

Durrës County Durrës County ( sq, Qarku i Durrësit), officially the County of Durrës ( sq, Qarku i Durrësit, italic=unset), 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 twe ...

, northwestern

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and share ...

. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality

Durrës Durrës ( , ; sq-definite, Durrësi) is the second most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is located on a flat plain along the Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast between the mouths of ...

. The population at the 2011 census was 5,001.2011 census results
Ishëm Castle is located in the municipal unit.

Famous peoples

Ibrahim Kodra Ibrahim Likmetaj Kodra (22 April 1918 – 7 February 2006) was an Albanian painter. Biography Kodra was born in Ishëm (Ishmi), Albania, son of Murat and Xhixhe. File:Kalaja, Ishëm.jpg, Ishëm Castle File:Kepi i Rodonit.jpg, Cape of Rodon File:Varri i piktorit Ibrahim Kodrës, Ishëm.jpg, Ibrahim Kodra tomb File:Ishëm (1).jpg, Ishëm File:Cape of Rodon (Cape of Skanderbeg).jpg, St. Anthony Church File:St Anthony Church at Rodon 2016-07-15 02.jpg, St. Anthony Church File:Kepi i Rodonit – Kirche.jpg, St. Anthony Church

See

* Ishëm (river) * Ishëm Castle * Rodoni Castle * Cape of Rodon * St. Anthony Church, Durrës

References

Administrative units of Durrës Former municipalities in Durrës County Populated places disestablished in 2015 {{Durrës-geo-stub