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{{Infobox settlement (Albanian)
| type = m
| name = Kurbin
| flag = 
| emblem = Stema e Bashkisë Kurbin.svg
| skyline = Laç and plains at the mouth of Mat river (WPWTR17).jpg
| caption = View of Kurbin
| county = Lezhë
| mayor = Majlinda Cara
| party = [[Socialist Party of Albania|PS]]
| coordinates = {{coord|41|38|N|19|43|E|type:adm1st_region:AL_dim:100000|display=inline}}
| elevation =
| area munic = 276.25
| population as of = 2023
| population munic = 34405
| postal code = 4701-4702
| area_code = (0)53
| website = {{URL|https://www.bashkiakurbin.gov.al/}}
}}

'''Kurbin''' is a municipality in [[Lezhë County]], northwestern [[Albania]]. It was created in 2015 by the merger of the former municipalities [[Fushë Kuqe]], [[Laç]], [[Mamurras]] and [[Milot, Laç|Milot]]. The seat of the municipality is the town Laç.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vendime.al/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/137-2014.pdf |title=Law nr. 115/2014 |language=sq |pages=6373–6374|access-date=25 February 2022}}</ref> The total population at the 2023 census was 34,405,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instat.gov.al/media/14321/cens-2023-lezha.pdf |title=Population and Housing Census, Lezhë 2023 |page=107 |access-date=9 November 2024 |publisher=[[Institute of Statistics (Albania)|INSTAT]]}}</ref> in a total area of 276.25&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="LAU">{{cite web |url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/345175/501971/EU-28-LAU-2019-NUTS-2016.xlsx |title=Correspondence table LAU – NUTS 2016, EU-28 and EFTA / available Candidate Countries |access-date=2019-09-25 |publisher=[[Eurostat]]|format=XLS }}</ref> It is coterminous with the former [[Kurbin District]].

== Etymology ==

The Latin form of the place was ''Corvinus'' which makes a relationship between the place and the Latin word ''Corvus'' (raven) possible.<ref>{{cite book|title=Fiset Shqiptare - Historia, shoqëria dhe kultura|author=Robert Elsie|ISBN=9789951690546|page=306|language=sq}}</ref>

==History==
Kurbin is recorded in the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] ''defter'' of 1467 as a ''[[Hass (Ottoman)|hass-ı mir-liva]]'' property in the [[vilayet]] of Kurbin. The settlement had only five households represented by the following household heads: ''Pal Marku'', ''Gjon Sakati'', ''Peter Smaka'', ''Gjergj Balshi'', and ''Peter Manesi''. The settlements of Delbnisht (recorded as ''Dhulbnishti''), Laç, Breshat, Kaçula, Mali i Bardhë (recorded as ''Malibard''), Selita, Gallatë (recorded as ''Galata''), ''Likapaji'' or ''Lugapaçi'' (modern Dauli), Smaka, and Madhësh all belonged to the vilayet of Kurbin.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Caka |first1=Eduart |title=Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467 |date=2019 |publisher=Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë |location=Tiranë |pages=20-5}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Paskal Trokshi]] – Religious figure.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
*[[Prenk Pervizi]] – Albanian General.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

==References==
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{{Municipalities of Albania}}
{{Lezhë County}}
{{Kurbin div}}

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[[Category:Municipalities in Lezhë County]]


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