Kurbnesh is a village in the municipality of Mirditë, in Lezhë County, Albania.[1][2]As of 2023[update], Kurbnesh had a population of 358 people.
History
Kurbnesh was founded as a mining community sometime in the late 1950s and early 1960s. During this period, mining and copper processing were being established as Mirditë's primary form of economic activity.[3] Mining specialists from East Germany were hired to oversee the development of local mining operations.[4]
In 1976, British traveller Leslie Gardiner wrote noted that Kurbnesh was dimly lit with few street lamps.[5]
References
↑"Law nr. 115/2014"(PDF) (in Albanian). pp.6373–6374. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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