Orosh

Municipal unit in Lezhë, Albania

41°51′N 20°4′E / 41.850°N 20.067°E / 41.850; 20.067Country

AlbaniaCountyLezhëMunicipalityMirditëPopulation

(2011)

• Municipal unit

1,899^[1]Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Orosh (or Albanian: Oroshi) is a small village in Mirditë within the county of Lezhë in the northwest of the Republic of Albania.^[2] Geographically, it is located inside the mountainous region of northern Albania in the Valley of Fan.

The seat of the former municipality was the town of Reps. The former Orosh Abbey was located in the municipality. Terenzio Tocci gathered the Mirdita chieftains on April 26, 1911, in Orosh, proclaimed the independence of Albania, raised the flag of Albania and established the provisional government.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Malet e Shenjtit close to Orosh
The new church of Orosh
The church of Orosh in 1903

Notable peoples

References

^ 2011 census results Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6373–6374. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ Elsie, Robert (2004), Historical dictionary of Albania, Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, p. 444, ISBN 978-0-8108-4872-6, OCLC 52347600, Tocci Torenzio....On 26 April 1911 he gathered the chieftains of Mirdita near Orosh and proclaimed independence of Albania, hoisting the Albanian flag for the first time since the death of Skanderbeg
^ Skendi, Stavro (1967). The Albanian national awakening. Princeton: Princeton University Press. pp. 412, 440. ISBN 9781400847761.
^ Gawrych, George (2006). The crescent and the eagle: Ottoman rule, Islam and the Albanians, 1874–1913. London: IB Tauris. p. 186. ISBN 9781845112875.

Topics related to the Village of Orosh
v t e Subdivisions of Lezhë County
County Seat: Lezhë
Municipality of Kurbin	Fushë Kuqe Laç Mamurras Milot
Municipality of Lezhë	Balldren Blinisht Dajç Kallmet Kolsh Lezhë Shëngjin Shënkoll Ungrej Zejmen
Municipality of Mirditë	Fan Kaçinar Kthellë Orosh Rrëshen Rubik Selitë

v t e Subdivisions of Mirditë Municipality
Municipal Seat: Rrëshen
Administrative Unit of Fan	Bisakë Dardhëz Domgjon Fan Gjakëz Hebe Katundi i Ri Klos Konaj Munellë Petoq Sang Shëngjin Shtrungaj Thirrë Xhuxhë Zall-Xhuxhë
Administrative Unit of Kaçinar	Arrëz Kaçinar Kuzhnen Shëngjergj Shpërdhezë Shtuf Simon
Administrative Unit of Kthellë	Perlat Perlat i Sipërm Prosek Rrushkull Shebe Shtrezë Tharr Trojë Ujë
Administrative Unit of Orosh	Blinisht Bulshar Grykë Orosh Gurth-Spaç Kodër-Spaç Kullaxhi Lajthizë Lgjin Mashtërkor Ndërshen Nënshejt Planet Pshqesh Reps Shëmri
Administrative Unit of Rrëshen	Bukmirë Fushë-Lumth Gëziq Jezull Kodër Rrëshen Kulmë Lurth Malaj Malaj Epërm Ndërfushas Ndërfan Rrëshen Sheshaj Tarazh Tenë
Administrative Unit of Rubik	Bulger Bulshizë Fang Fierzë Katund i Vjetër Livadhëz Munaz Rasfik Rreja e Zezë Rreja e Velës Rrethi i Sipërm Rubik Vau Shkezë
Administrative Unit of Selitë	Bardhaj Kthellë e Sipërme Kumbull Kurbnesh Kurbnesh-fshat Lëkundë Lufaj Mërkurth Zajs