Laç
Laç is a town and a former municipality in Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision and the seat of the municipality Kurbin. It was the administrative center of the former Kurbin District. The population as of the 2023 census is 12,854. Its associated football club is KF Laçi.
Laç is served by Laç Railway Station.
Name
Laç means swampy land in Albanian. Similar toponyms in Albania are Laç-Bruç, Kodër-Laç, Përroi i Laçit, Fushë-Laç etc.Demographic history
Laç is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a hass-ı mir-liva property in the vilayet of Kurbin. The settlement had only four households which were represented by the following household heads: Pal Suma, Nikolla Smaka, Gjergj Marku, and Tanush Znishi.Church of St. Anthony
Known as "Kisha e Laçit" or "Kisha e Shna Ndout" in Albanian, this church is dedicated to St Anthony of Padua.Notable people
- Qazim Laçi, Albanian footballer with origins from Laç.
- Salvador Gjonaj, Albanian footballer.
- Jimilian, Danish-Albanian singer.
- Ardian Trebicka, singer
Albani family
- Pope Clement XI, born Giovanni Francesco Albani, head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 November 1700 to his death in March 1721. He’s from the Albani family, which has its origins in Laç.
- Alessandro Albani, Italian aristocrat and cardinal.
- Annibale Albani, Italian cardinal.
- Francesco Albani, Baroque painter.
- Gian Girolamo Albani, Roman Catholic cardinal.
- Gian Francesco Albani, Roman Catholic cardinal.