Balldren is a village and a former municipality in the
Lezhë County
Lezhë County () is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population as of 2021 was 120,678, in an area of 1,620 km².[Albania
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. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality
Lezhë
Lezhë (, sq-definite, Lezha) is a List of cities and towns in Albania, city in the Republic of Albania and seat of Lezhë County and Lezhë Municipality. It is one of Albania's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously i ...
. The population at the 2023 census was 3,792.
Etymology
The name comes from the
Albanian
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, which means "in front of the
Drin". In Latin and later Italian sources, the town was known by the names ''Blandin'' or ''Baladreni''.
References
Former municipalities in Lezhë County
Administrative units of Lezhë
Villages in Lezhë County
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