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|municipality      = [[Mirditë]]
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'''Rrëshen''' ({{lang-sq-definite|Rrësheni}}) is a small town and a former municipality in [[Lezhë County]], in northern [[Albania]]. At the 2015 local government reform, Rrëshen became a subdivision and the seat of the municipality [[Mirditë]].<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> It was the administrative seat of the former [[Mirditë District]]. The population at the 2023 census was 6,773.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instat.gov.al/media/14321/cens-2023-lezha.pdf |title=Population and Housing Census, Lezhë 2023 |page=108 |access-date=9 November 2024 |publisher=[[Institute of Statistics (Albania)|INSTAT]]}}</ref>

== The City ==
As an administrative seat, the town has schools and a hospital. After the [[Communism|Communist]] era, new facilities such as a [[hotel]], a [[restaurant]], and a cultural centre appeared in the area. The truck route from the [[Kosovo|Kosovar]] border to [[Tirana]] and [[Durrës]] passes on each side of Rrëshen, providing good communications with the capital and the [[Adriatic]]. Before the [[Second World War]], the city was classed as a small village, but administrative changes and an increase in the mining industry boosted the city's status. However, since the fall of Communism, most of the mines have become disused. This has resulted in mass migration to [[Tirana]] and larger, more industrial centres.

== Religion ==
Its cathedral, [[Cathedral of Jesus Saviour of the World, Rrëshen|Katedralja e Jezusi i Vetmi Shpëtimtar i Botës]], is the episcopal see of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Rrëshen]], which was created in 1996 by promoting the [[Territorial Abbacy of Shën Llezhri i Oroshit]] from [[Territorial Abbey]] to a bishopric. It is a [[suffragan diocese]] in the province of the Metropolitan [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tiranë–Durrës]].

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery
|File:Zogu_Mat_Bridge.jpg|Zogu Bridge
|File:FanCanyon32.jpg|Fan River Canyon
|File:Fan_Valley_at_Reps.jpg|Fan Valley in Reps
|File:Rubik_Autostrade.jpg|Rubik Church on top left along A1 Highway
|Rrëshen - Kishë.jpg|Rrëshen church
|Rrëshen - Mozaik.jpg|Mosaic in Rrëshen
}}

== Notable people ==
* [[Eugent Bushpepa]] (born 1984), singer and songwriter
* [[Musine Kokalari]] (born 1917), writer and political activist
* [[Albion Marku]] (born 2000), footballer
* [[Edison Ndreca]] (born 1994), footballer
* [[Fatmir Vata]] (born 1979), footballer

== References ==
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== Sources and external links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080821184118/http://www.bashkiarreshen.com/ Rrëshen Municipality]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150801214652/http://mirditatourism.com/ Mirdita Tourism Portal]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060502140203/http://www.library.uu.nl/wesp/populstat/Europe/albaniat.htm Albanian Census Figures]
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/rres0.htm GigaCatholic]

{{Cities in Albania}}
{{Lezhë County}}
{{Mirditë div}}
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[[Category:Former municipalities in Lezhë County]]
[[Category:Administrative units of Mirditë]]
[[Category:Towns in Albania]]


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