Kurbnesh

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.

Kurbnesh
Village
Kurbnesh in 2016, with the Maja e Gurit Gjon mountain visible in the background.
Kurbnesh
Coordinates: 41.78°N 20.08°E / 41.78; 20.08
Country	Albania
County	Lezhë
Municipality	Mirditë
Administrative unit	Selitë
Population  (2023)
• Total	358
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

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]